Simply Perfect

i must have seen a different film!!

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

While this film came out in 2013, I just saw it in 2018 so yeah, I am really late to the game. This film had some great things going for it. For example, I loved the plot. It was a really cute storyline. It also had fabulous acting in Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman. What I did not like about this film was all the unnecessary "F" bombs and a handful of sexual innuendoes. Literally, there was no need for them but I am a big girl and have heard it many times before. The only thing that just about made me turn it off was the taking of the Lord's name in vain. As a Christian, this is so hard for me to swallow. There is absolutely never a good reason to take the Lord's name in vain, especially in a film. I cringed every time I heard it and think I heard it about three times. But it was three times too many. However, because I had wanted to see this film for so long, and because I bought it on DVD, I decided to see it through. At about the 45 minute mark the two leads are in a bar and Melissa McCarthy's character began to act inappropriately. The next thing I know there is a motel scene in which she brings another man into the room and there is a disgusting sex scene. It was absolutely horrible & vulgar and I could not wait until the scene was over. But once I got through the first hour, the film took a turn for the better. The "F" bombs still flew, but the story began to turn and I could tell this character "Diana" was not as bad as she seemed. The film had great production value and great DP work. The editing was also top notch. But what I liked most was the acting from Jason and Melissa as well as the plot. By the last five minutes of this film, I knew I was going to cry, and when a movie makes me cry it is a winner in my book. I love for my emotions to be stirred. Because I am a Christian, someone told me I would absolutely hate this film, but I had already purchased the DVD, so I thought I would see it through. He asked me why I didn't read the reviews and the parental warnings before I bought it. Honestly, I had never thought of it. I watched the trailer and was hooked and wanted to see it because it looked very funny. My friend was wrong, I didn't hate it. While I didn't like the a lot of the dialogue in the script, I loved the story and the chemistry between Jason and Melissa was fantastic. Next up, I'll be watching "Tammy" which also stars Melissa McCarthy. There must be a reason why she is rated 27 on IMDb right now.

There is this thing that has to be taken into consideration when watching a movie. It's called "suspension of disbelief". This means that you have to accept some plot holes or scenes that are not very believable. "Suspension of disbelief" is completely impossible in this movie, because there is just no way to accept that none of the other characters grows a slightest hint of backbone and puts a bullet square between the eyes of Melissa McCarthy's extremely annoying and obnoxious character. The entertainment value of this pile of dung is pretty much zero. Disgusting.Every scene with her is mind-numbingly stupid and disgustingly unfunny. Oh, and this goes for ALL her movies.I have worked through IMDb and EVERY movie that has McCarthy in it, gets ONE STAR from me.

There are many parts of this film that could be seen as social commentary; the ease of identity theft, the lack of care and downright ridiculous behaviour of the police, the attitudes to different levels of crime, and consequences for actions. Yet if you treat it as a goofy romp, then there are some laughs along the way. It just gets let down by Diana (Melissa McCarthy) trying to be both an evil genius, while stopping short of being evil, resulting in her coming across as irritating. And Diana isn't even her real name.Sandy Patterson (Jason Bateman) is a penny watching accountant who pays plenty of attention at work, but has his life unravel when he gives away too much information to a con artist, meaning he has to take the law into his own hands to get his life back. As with other McCarthy films, she's the street smart one who points out what the straight, more educated, characters faults are, and along the way, they get to know each other better. In the end he uses some of her tricks to get through and she learns from him to redeem herself. Along the way they're chased by other criminals who she's sold fake IDs too, and a Skiptracer, played by Robert Patrick (in an almost parody of his T1000 role from Terminator 2).The plot and script are contrived - so instead of Sandy simply saying "she's bad, and here's why", he skates around the issue and ends up looking like the bad guy - yet it could have actually benefited from borrowing more from other movies, such as, you know early on that Sandy has a horrible boss (Jon Favreau), who is going to get some comeuppance, it's just a question of how and what happens, and frankly, could have been worse. It's crude, without being overly evil.

This movie is not just bad, it is an insult to intelligence, good taste and sense of humour. I started watching it because I liked Bateman in "Horrible Bosses", but I soon regretted my choice.Bateman is Sandy Patterson an alleged financial wizard, who is as stupid as to give all his personal details over the phone to a perfect stranger, who called him about "problems" with his credit card.Mc Carthy plays her usual character: a loudmouth, aggressive, crude woman with a psychotic streak. I live in Europe and don't watch much TV, but I read that McCarthy is a TV star in the USA, and she has –allegedly – an acting range. Unfortunately, I could not detect any in the few movies I saw, "dis-graced" by her presence.In this one, besides being utterly repulsive and criminally so, she indulges in sex with an obese guy, in one of the most cringe-worthy scenes ever. I guess it was supposed to be a politically correct way to show that even obese people find each other attractive and have sex. I do not care if they do, but I most certainly do not want to watch them doing it.The plot is supposed to be an "on the road, buddy comedy" where the fraudster bonds with her victim. Very believable, if you actually wants to become best friend with the person who stole all your money. Truly awful, besides being unbelievably stupid.