Linda Barnard on Identity Thief

I watched Idenity Thief at a barbershop last week and nearly lost all of my brain cells. It was such a terrible viewing experience for me. It's no suprise that the film only has a 23% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Linda Barnard was a critique that wanted to sum all of the bad intentions that someone may feel about the movie. I agree that the actors are kind of thrust into a lazily chopped up piece that they wouldn't know the first thing about saving. Barnard emphasizes the defiencies in the plot and then goes on to bash the writer and the director. According to her, all the characters are generic ones of different economic and social backgrounds being thrown together instead of a natural symmetry occurring. The main point is that when Identity Thief tries to touch a sentimental side, it gets lost in the slapstick underlyings of the film. Overall, Linda Barnard is not fooled by the masquerade and quickly deciphers the swings and misses. Her word choice lended well to her personality as one of a strong one not falling for the con that is watching Identiy Thief. The good thing is that the foul wording never felt out of place because it remained consistent from the beginning to the end. It's really good that she makes it clear to viewers that there is nothing in the film worth spending the money for. Not the best bad review I've ever read, but a neccessarily harsh one indeed.