Identity Thief
Universal Pictures | Release Date: February 8, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 41 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
19
Negative:
15
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsFeb 7, 2013
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. Read full review
38
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsFeb 7, 2013
Suffering through this felonious farce could only inspire a prison riot. Read full review
30
TimeMary PolsFeb 9, 2013
It’s just a movie, with a dramatic arc that’s supposed to make all that mean stuff drift away into the ether as friendship is born, but it’s that look that hangs around like a bad smell. Read full review
30
SlateDana StevensFeb 9, 2013
It would be easier to forgive Identity Thief its overfamiliar comic setups and shameless gag-recycling if the movie’s second half didn’t make such an abrupt about-face from soliciting our revulsion to begging for our pity. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliFeb 8, 2013
This feels a lot like some of the recent, unwatchable Adam Sandler offerings: boorish, unfunny comedy colliding with saccharine, quasi-dramatic filler. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeTy BurrFeb 8, 2013
Unfunny, predictable, and vulgar, it’s the generic equivalent of a Judd Apatow movie. As always, you get what you pay for. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezFeb 8, 2013
An unsalvageable wreck. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleFeb 7, 2013
Identity Thief is not only not funny. It's negative funny. It's short on laughs, but it will disturb and annoy. Read full review
25
Washington PostAnn HornadayFeb 7, 2013
McCarthy’s willingness to go to the mat notwithstanding, it’s viewers who are likely left feeling punched in the gut. Read full review
25
The PlaylistDrew TaylorFeb 7, 2013
With long stretches (we're talking 20-30 minutes) without a single guffaw, Identity Thief is aggressively dull, and will joylessly steal two hours of your life that you will never get back. Read full review
25
Portland OregonianM. E. RussellFeb 7, 2013
The deadly dull action-comedy Identity Thief is an infuriating waste of time, on all sides of camera and screen. I did not know I could yawn angrily. This movie somehow proved it possible. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedFeb 6, 2013
Identity Thief is so bad it’s hard to believe it wasn’t directed by Judd Apatow or the Farrelly Brothers. Read full review
0
SalonAndrew O'HehirFeb 9, 2013
Identity Thief reaches impressive heights of laziness and idiocy. Read full review
0
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerFeb 8, 2013
I squirmed in my seat throughout Identity Thief, a colossally unfunny and misguided comedy. Read full review
0
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternFeb 7, 2013
Watch the trailer, if you must, but spare yourself the full experience: Identity Thief steals time. Read full review
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