Identity Thief (2013)

United States of America

Comedy, Crime

Stuber Pictures, Aggregate Films, DumbDumb, Universal Pictures

Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Jon Favreau, Amanda Peet, T.I., Génesis Rodríguez

Seth Gordon

Craig Mazin

Taglines: She's having the time of his life

prison, bounty hunter, dual identity, police, bathroom, identity, women's prison, thief, money, numbers, locked in bathroom, sock

When a mild-mannered businessman learns his identity has been stolen, he hits the road in an attempt to foil the thief -- a trip that puts him in the path of a deceptively harmless-looking woman.

Reviews:

Author: John Chard
Friends don't steal friends' identities, do they? While not quite the abomination that some critics have suggested it is, Identity Thief is a hard film to recommend to film fans looking for a comedy to cheer them up. Too long at just under two hours length, the makers appear to have dropped Melissa McCarthy in the middle of a film, built a load of questionable on going gags around her, and then thrown Jason Bateman in for the charm offensive. Then as the film runs out of steam at the mid-point, it gets caught in a vortex of contrivances and pseudo serious statements. It's a real hodge-podge of a script that does the actors no favours at all. A great premise is not fulfilled, sadly. Identity Thief only escapes bottom of the ladder status because fans of the two leads will find a modicum of enjoyment in their respective efforts. 5/10