Identity Thief

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UK Release Date: March 22nd 2013

Mild-mannered businessman Sandy Patterson travels from Denver to Florida to confront the deceptively harmless-looking woman who has been living it up after stealing Sandy's identity.

Director: Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses, Four Christmases)

Starring: Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Jon Favreau, John Cho, Robert Patrick

Identity Thief is one of those comedies that has plenty of promise, but struggles to deliver. There are very few laughs and they mostly come from identity snatcher McCarthy. The dialogue isn't the problem, it's the way the scenes are laid out. Bateman is as blase as his character would seem, with very little personality to thrive. Even McCarthy plays the same character that she always does. She's very loud and very obnoxious. The difference between them is, she pulls it off.

You'd think it'd get better once the real Sandy (Bateman) meets the fake Sandy (McCarthy) but Bateman is overshadowed by McCarthy's beaming, over-the-top persona.  

Essentially Identity Thief is oddly overdone; the Thief has pissed off the wrong people and Sandy ends up helping her out to some degree. To solve the problem he should have gotten the bank to take care of the problem in the first place.