Rex Reed is not a nice man. Taking potshots at Melissa McCarthy.

[Baitball Blogger]

Melissa McCarthy Called “Tractor-Sized,” “Hippo” in Nasty Review of Identity Thief

Sheesh. I can't bring myself to even include a clip of his review. Posting in the hopes that someone will get angry enough to send him some fan mail.

http://www.gossipcop.com/melissa-mccarthy-observer-review-rex-reed-identity-thief-hippo-tractor-fat-names/

[4_TN_TITANS]

1. I think she's a doll

with loads of personality.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. She's the real thing and certainly doesn't need that kind of review.

[MiddleFingerMom]

3. I remember him from being a guest film critic on The Johnny Carson show in the early 70's...

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arrogant nasty asshole back then, too.
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[nolabear]

8. +1 and an eighth grade snicker.

[union_maid]

4. Rex Reed is still around?

I had no idea. Hadn't heard anything about him in years and years.

[mythology]

5. While I'm pretty sure the movie in question will suck,

there's no call for that in a "professional" review. Although it should be noted, the same guy has made similar attacks in other reviews against Seth Rogan.

Although there's something sort of amusing in that Melissa McCarthy was in Gilmore Girls which had an episode where the daughter was trying to get a job on the college newspaper and in order to get her review to be exciting enough to get published called a ballerina a hippo.

And yes, I really wish I could free up the part of my brain that remembers such things or at least put it to more profitable use.

The transcript for any who are interested is here:

http://www.crazy-internet-people.com/site/gilmoregirls/pages/s4/s4s/73.html

[Honeycombe8]

6. I thought he was dead. Some men have real issues with women's weight. Disgusting. Here's link....

Here's a link to his actual review. It's despicable. What a jerk. He's a has-been, though. I really thought he was dead.

http://observer.com/2013/02/declined-in-identity-thief-batemans-bankable-billing-cant-lift-this-flick-out-of-the-red/?_r=true

[pipi_k]

7. I remember

my father could never stand him.

Used to call him "retch" reed.

[TheManInTheMac]

9. He's always been nasty, going for the cheap insult rather than

writing solid, objective criticism. Now, I've heard this movie is just an extended fat joke. If so, that's fair game, but don't make it personal.

IIRC, when Arthur came out, he said Liza Minnelli looked like a bug. He's an ass.

[bigwillq]

10. Congrats on 9,000 posts!

[Baitball Blogger]

11. Oh, thanks. I hadn't even noticed that!