Identity Thief Trailer (2013)

Cast: Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau, Amanda Peet, Melissa McCarthy, Tip "T.I." Harris, Genesis Rodriguez

Description: Horrible Bosses' Jason Bateman and Bridesmaids' Melissa McCarthy lead the cast of Identity Thief, an all-star comedy in which a regular guy is forced to extreme measures to clear his name. With everything to lose after his identity is stolen, he'll find out how crazed you can get trying to settle a bad credit score. Unlimited funds have allowed Diana (McCarthy) to live it up on the outskirts of Miami, where the queen of retail buys whatever strikes her fancy. There's only one glitch: The ID she's using to finance these sprees reads "Sandy Bigelow Patterson" -. and it belongs to an accounts rep (Bateman) who lives halfway across the U.S. With only one week to hunt down the con artist before his world implodes, the real Sandy Bigelow Patterson heads south to confront the woman with an all-access pass to his life. And as he attempts to bribe, coax and wrangle her the 2,000 miles to Denver, one easy target will discover just how tough it is to get your name back.

Release Date: 2/8/2013

Genre: Comedy

Studio: Universal Pictures

Offical Website: http://www.identitythiefmovie.com

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Release Dates:

Country	Release Type	Date
United States	Theatrical Wide Release	2/8/2013
United Kingdom	Theatrical Wide Release	3/1/2013
Germany	Theatrical Wide Release	3/28/2013
Spain	Theatrical Wide Release	3/22/2013
United States	DVD/Blu-ray Release	6/4/2013

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03/19 @ 12:00 AM

It saddles Bateman with a thankless uptight straight-man role while heaping serial slapstick ignominies on his co-star, who gamely bounds through everything the script throws at her.

Trevor Johnston, Time Out

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02/08 @ 12:00 AM

Bateman and McCarthy are left stranded onscreen while we are supposed to be chortling at slobber comedy and fat jokes.

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

The whole thing's not much of anything, really - just a little more than an hour-and-a-half of crude jokes and clumsy plotting, all wrapped up with a feel-good ribbon at the end.

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

Really, this a two-hander that unfolds at two distinctly separate speeds.

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

We can forgive the silly setup, without which there can be no film, but like many a road movie, this one has a better start and finish than middle.

Kyle Smith, New York Post

''Identity Thief'' strands these two ordinarily enjoyable comics in the middle of nowhere with no help for miles.

Christy Lemire, Associated Press

A lot of movies released into theaters deserve the label of bad. Only a few cross the line into reprehensible. Say hello to Identity Thief.

James Berardinelli, ReelViews

Thanks to McCarthy's abundant comic gifts and those of her equally ill-served straight man Jason Bateman, Identity Thief doesn't leave nearly as icky a taste as it could have, but Gordon only taps into a fraction of his actors' potential.

Dana Stevens, Slate

Identity Thief is a cheap copy of much better comedies.

Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com

Identity Thief exhausts most of the comic potential from identity theft in the first 20 minutes and then turns into a solid but unexceptional road picture.

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

Identity Thief apparently forgets it was supposed to be a comedy.

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald

Considering that it starts out with two distinctive and likable stars and a reasonably promising premise, Identity Thief reaches impressive heights of laziness and idiocy.

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

Even with all its shortcomings and sentimental fudges, there is something about McCarthy's refusal to lie down and play the victim that gives it a comic edge. A blunt edge, to be sure, but an edge all the same.

Tom Charity, CNN.com

A sloppily made exercise of rip-offs and redemption.

Linda Barnard, Toronto Star

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02/07 @ 12:00 AM

As is the case with other unsatisfactory diversions, it is entirely possible to ignore the worst parts of this movie, to drift along during the lulls, slide over the half-baked jokes and just wait for Ms. McCarthy and Mr. Bateman to do their things.

Manohla Dargis, New York Times

This often very mean-spirited movie about modern rage plays out with nods to several road-trip classics.

Mary F. Pols, TIME Magazine

The comedy equivalent of mud-wrestling without the mud.

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

Electronic identity theft offers a host of new possibilities, and to have almost none of them explored by writer Craig Mazin and director Seth Gordon in this uninspired trudge of a road movie is the biggest waste of all.

Bob Mondello, NPR

The darkness in this comedy is exactly what makes it work so well.

Rafer Guzman, Newsday

At best it's perversely interesting as a major misstep for both stars.

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

If nothing else, Identity Thief confirms McCarthy's identity in the Hollywood hierarchy: She's a big, ballsy star.

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

Unfunny, predictable, and vulgar, it's the generic equivalent of a Judd Apatow movie. As always, you get what you pay for.

Ty Burr, Boston Globe

What success the movie finds is due to the leads' efforts, which are impressively strenuous. They start out with a great premise, and they're clearly ready to run with it. But most of the laughs are stolen right out from under them.

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

The film's few chuckles can be chalked up to the sheer comedic charisma of McCarthy and Bateman.

Barbara VanDenburgh, Arizona Republic

Identity Thief is mostly noteworthy for reminding us that McCarthy's talents can, indeed, carry a comedy. It's too bad that it had to be this one.

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

Gordon is lost, and his style of shooting - telescopic close-ups, which never give us enough space to appreciate the performers - feels wrong for comedy.

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

It wants to be Midnight Run meets Planes, Trains and Automobiles, but it carries little of the dramatic heft and real-world semi-plausibility of those much superior efforts.

Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

It manages to make off with just enough laughs to work, thanks to the wondrous McCarthy, one of the few actresses in Hollywood allowed to showcase her wit and charisma as much as her physique.

Scott Bowles, USA Today

What a bummer.

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

Its stars, Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy, steal so many laughs from such improbable places that the bumps in this revenge/road trip farce can be mostly forgiven, though not forgotten.

Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times

Identity Thief is not only not funny. It's negative funny. It's short on laughs, but it will disturb and annoy.

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

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02/06 @ 12:00 AM

Of the many qualities I adore about Melissa McCarthy as a comedian and as a dramatic actor, the best is how fully she gives herself to every character she plays.

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly