Mild-mannered businessman Sandy Patterson travels from Denver to Miami to confront the deceptively harmless-looking woman who has been living it up after stealing Sandy's identity.
Identity Thief isn’t a great comedy in the class of McCarthy's Bridesmaids, but it’s still a decent one; even if the lack of big laughs in Craig Mazin’s script tells, the cheerfully amoral 'stick-it-to-the-man' message papers over the cracks.
Hit and miss.
Seems determined to be a hybrid of Midnight Run and Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Clever premise, witless execution.
It is reliant on McCarthy's comedy chops and her ability to deliver improv-type character material, but almost every single one of her scenes looks like an outtake.
Feeble as comedy, the movie is needlessly violent, too, as if half the crew misguidedly thought they were making a foul-mouthed action thriller.
The leads’ chemistry can’t disguise the lack of decent gags; ultimately, their cross-country trip feels as arduous for us as it is for them.
The real crime here is the waste of comic talent.
Fake comedy.
Cheap laughs, cheap stunts, cheap characters and with absolutely nothing important to say.
The film is painfully unfunny, almost literally so.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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