There are far
too many similarities between Identity Thief and Due Date, but it only seems to
be the bad elements which are similar. Both have a straight man and an
outrageous personality trapped together on a cross-country road trip, and both
expect the audience to believe that the straight man somehow begins to care for
the absurd personality by the end of the film. In Due Date this is slightly
more believable, if only because one of them isn’t a criminal who stole the
other person’s identity.
Jason Bateman
plays Sandy Patterson, a man whose feminine sounding name makes it easier for
Diana (Melissa McCarthy) to steal his identity. The police won’t help to track
her down because she is out of state, and the film provides a less than believable
excuse for Sandy
I know I am not spoiling any endings
by telling you that Diana and Sandy eventually become friends. This is harder
to believe than anything else in this contrived film, but the worst offense of
the film is how few laughs that there are. McCarthy is just loud and vulgar and
Bateman is just the usual bumpkin. They have played these roles before in far
better films. Watch those instead.
The Blu-ray special features include
a making-of featurette and a gag reel, which are also on the DVD. Exclusive to
the Blu-ray disc are select alternate takes, a featurette on the humor of
Identity Thief, if you can find it, and a tour of the Skiptracer’s van. The
package also has a digital copy of the film.
Entertainment Value:
5/10
Quality of
Filmmaking: 4/10
Historical
Significance: 1/10
Disc Features: 5/10
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