That was not the easy way

Date: Tuesday 5th March
Film: Identity Thief (2013)
Director: Seth Gordon
Starring: Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy and Eric Stonestreet
Running Time: 01 hour, 51 minutes
Rating: 3/10

Another day, another Sky preview. This time, Identity Thief. A film that, having seen the trailers, I wasn't all that fussed about seeing. It looked awful, but I believe that occasionally Jason Bateman can make the right choice and excel in film (we all know he can be fabulous on TV). I then found out that this was directed by the man who bought us Horrible Bosses - one of the times Bateman is great in a movie - I'll admit, my hopes raised slightly.

Alas, Identity Thief is every bit as terrible as the trailer. There were occasional sniggers, and one dead pan line that did make me giggle to the point of hysteria (although, this trick was repeated later when I saw a shop called 'Hot Nuts', I think that says a lot about my incredibly juvenile sense of humour), but this is not a funny film.

There seemed to be a mean streak running through it; there were unnecessary characters that added little to the film, bar the big third act revelation, the humour was obvious and, as great as Melissa McCarthy can be, I did feel like she was hamming up for the cameras.

I just did not enjoy this. I tried, but it just didn't click.

Challenge day: 161
Challenge time: 10 days, 00 hours, 11 minutes
Challenge film total: 124