Jason Bateman

'Identity Thief' has been in theaters for less than two weeks and it's already grossed $76 million at the box office, an enormous amount for a modestly budgeted comedy with a known but untested leading lady. Although critics haven't been as kind as audiences, $100 million is a sure thing at this point and we wouldn't rule out $150 million if March is kind to it. So of course Universal has already thought about an 'Identity Thief 2.' They probably thought about it two weeks ago.

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Funny is, of course, subjective. I find Woody Allen funny but there are plenty of people who find him about as amusing as being slowly asphyxiated in plastic bags from CVS. Still, I'll hazard to guess that there is no one who will find Melissa McCarthy obnoxiously singing along to Kelis' not-at-all-current "Milkshake" funny. Especially when 'Identity Thief' - a new "comedy" with McCarthy and Jason Bateman - goes to quite successful lengths to make you HATE her character. And you just might wind up hating this movie too.

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To me this is fantastic news and if you are a fan of comedy then you should be happy too.  Whenever someone asks if I like the show 'Modern Family' I tell them it's fine, but I liked it twice as much the first time I saw it - when it was called 'Arrested Development'.  Arrested Development was a family ensemble comedy that had a perfect cast including Jason Bateman, Michael Cera and Will Arnett.  It was the brainchild of Ron Howard and while many of the jokes were in your face (such as the Chicken Dance, the montage you can watch after the jump), many more were subtle and would be missed if you just had the show on in the background.  The closer you watched the show, the better it was.  I knew it was too good to last.  Well, it's coming back on both the big and small screen so we can catch up with the family.  All the seasons are available on DVD so I think you should take some time (perhaps Sundays during Vikings games) and get caught up on this funny show.

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