Sandy Patterson (Jason Bateman) is a mild mannered investment banker with a wife, 2 kids, and another one on the way. Melissa McCarthy plays the thief who steals his identity and create havoc in his life. He is forced to go get her if he wants his good name back.
The first half isn't funny at all. McCarthy is just playing an ugly person and gets no laughs for it. Bateman is pathetic. When they meet in Florida, the road trip should bring some laughs. Yet it doesn't. Eric Stonestreet tries very hard, but the chemistry isn't there. Through it all, we know that McCarthy is lying and Bateman is too stupid to know it.
Then there is the serious side of the story. Identity thief is a very serious concept. The first half is actually more disturbing than anything else. In the second half, McCarthy actually brings a bit of humanity to her role. It's an improvement but logic problems are too great. There is a better way to do this movie, but there are no laughs in this one.
The first half isn't funny at all. McCarthy is just playing an ugly person and gets no laughs for it. Bateman is pathetic. When they meet in Florida, the road trip should bring some laughs. Yet it doesn't. Eric Stonestreet tries very hard, but the chemistry isn't there. Through it all, we know that McCarthy is lying and Bateman is too stupid to know it.
Then there is the serious side of the story. Identity thief is a very serious concept. The first half is actually more disturbing than anything else. In the second half, McCarthy actually brings a bit of humanity to her role. It's an improvement but logic problems are too great. There is a better way to do this movie, but there are no laughs in this one.