{"id":23456,"date":"2013-06-25T23:11:45","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T04:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/?p=23456"},"modified":"2013-06-25T23:11:45","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T04:11:45","slug":"dvd-review-identity-thief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/dvd-review-identity-thief\/","title":{"rendered":"DVD Review: Identity Thief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Identity Thief<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><em>Move Over, Jason Bateman &#8211; Just Get Out Of Her Way!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pairing anyone with fireball comedian Melissa McCarthy is a challenge in scriptwriting and acting. I bet the tension that actor Jason Bateman brought to this story was partly real \u2013 as the movie quickly turns into the Melissa McCarthy show and it\u2019s best to just get out of the way as much as possible and just support her with the right amount of opposite force. The gags roll quickly with physical scuffling and the ridiculous criminal activity of this identity-thieving kleptomaniac.<\/p>\n<p>The story and performances are certainly adequate at producing loud laughter, but probably won\u2019t hold up over time as a classic, though certain scenes are worth watching multiple times \u2013 like McCarthy\u2019s fast-talking and swindling ways while shopping or escaping the law. When the two characters team up to stick it to Sandy Patterson\u2019s boss, the payoff is rewarding. There\u2019s even some heartwarming interaction between thief and the Patterson family. [Universal] Doug Van Pelt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Identity Thief Move Over, Jason Bateman &#8211; Just Get Out Of Her Way! Pairing anyone with fireball comedian Melissa McCarthy is a challenge in scriptwriting and acting. I bet the tension that actor Jason Bateman brought to this story was partly real \u2013 as the movie quickly turns into the Melissa McCarthy show and it\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":23457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[471,3580,3579,3578],"class_list":["post-23456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-bridesmaids","tag-identity-thief","tag-melissa-mccarthy","tag-the-heat","cat-17-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DVD Review: Identity Thief - The Original Heaven&#039;s Metal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/dvd-review-identity-thief\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Doug Van Pelt\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/dvd-review-identity-thief\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/dvd-review-identity-thief\/\",\"name\":\"DVD Review: Identity Thief - The Original Heaven&#039;s Metal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/dvd-review-identity-thief\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/dvd-review-identity-thief\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/identitytheftmccarthy.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-26T04:11:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/#\/schema\/person\/b155afeb7086c8182b3bb3b435e68c4b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/dvd-review-identity-thief\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/dvd-review-identity-thief\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/dvd-review-identity-thief\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/identitytheftmccarthy.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/identitytheftmccarthy.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1092},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/dvd-review-identity-thief\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"DVD Review: Identity Thief\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/\",\"name\":\"The Original Heaven&#039;s Metal\",\"description\":\"Former Editor-in-Chief. 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