Win 1/10 Copies of Identity Theft on DVD/Email Entry

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WIN! Copies of ‘Identity Thief’ on DVD



When a movie is nurtured in the stables of the directors of Horrible Bosses and the producers of Ted, you know it has ‘hit’ stamped all over it from the get-go. But so far as raucous comedies go, Identity Thief is in a league of its own.

Just when you thought those ‘horrible bosses’ were the most despicable creatures you’ve come across and that nothing could get more crude than a giant talking bear cursing, boozing  and sexing it up, comes a no-holds-barred protagonist in Diana (insert a variety of other pseudonyms here), played to disgraceful perfection by Melissa McCarthy of Bridesmaids fame. Diana is a con-artist who steals other peoples’ identities temporarily, abusing their credit cards and leaving them to clean up the mess.

When she comes by the ambiguously named Sandy Patterson (Jason Bateman), little does she realise that she’s met her match in the madness stakes, for Sandy is hell-bent on tracking down the person who has cost him his credit rating, his job, and quite possibly the rest of his good life. 

What ensues is one of the most rollicking road-trip relationships ever to be captured on celluloid. There are major punching matches and disastrous car chases, kinky encounters and even weeping breakdown moments, so much so that you’ll be left on the edge of your seat while your emotions are virtually fleeing from the cinema.

Sure, there’s a lot of violence and crassness in the film – most of it courtesy of the diabolic Diana, but in the end Identity Thief is as comedic a flick as you’ll come across and audiences will find it very hard not to ultimately feel for if not fall in love with its lead villain.

Right up there with the aforementioned Ted and Horrible Bosses, There’s Something About Mary, Meet The Fockers and the rest of the hilarious best, this comedy is pretty much an instant modern classic.

 

Identity Thief is out on DVD and Blu-ray August 5.

Courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Cream has 10 copies of Identity Thief on DVD to give away. To try winning one, simply email your name, address and the Subject heading ‘Identity’ to cream@pobox.com no later than 5pm, Wednesday 14 August. And to view a trailer of the movie, click on the image below.