Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy are back to violent physical altercation with a new trailer for Identity Thief, in which McCarthy appropriately plays an identity thief. Compared to the last trailer, this one makes it more clear the film will eventually shift from madcap cat-and-mouse chase to unlikely buddy comedy, and also that McCarthy will attempt to coerce Bateman and Modern Family's Eric Stonestreet into a sexual encounter she can lustfully observe, because if that's not a sell, what is?
When a Florida woman he describes as Hobbit-like steals and maxes out his credit card, Jason Bateman for some reason decides a vigilante road trip is the best course of action in Identity Thief, the latest from Horrible Bosses director Seth Gordon and the writer of two Scary Mo... / Continue →
Melissa McCarthy's established persona of crassness meets Sandra Bullock's equally-established persona of Whoever She Was in Miss Congeniality in The Heat, the latest statement on vulgar comedy gender equality from Bridesmaids director Paul Feig. Here's the latest trailer, rate... / Continue →
I cannot be entirely certain the first 30 seconds of this is not just clips from Miss Congeniality with Benjamin Bratt skillfully CGI'd out. But those doubts aside, here is the trailer for The Heat, a new comedy from Bridesmaids director Paul Feig that once again sees Melissa M... / Continue →
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New 'Identity Thief' Trailer: Violent Vigilante Justice Goes Slapstick
\n\nJason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy are back to violent physical altercation with a new trailer for Identity Thief, in which McCarthy appropriately plays an identity thief. Compared to the last trailer, this one makes it more clear the film will eventually shift from madcap cat-and-mouse chase to unlikely buddy comedy, and also that McCarthy will attempt to coerce Bateman and Modern Family's Eric Stonestreet into a sexual encounter she can lustfully observe, because if that's not a sell, what is?