Storyline
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.
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Cast
Jason Bateman, Eric Stonestreet, John Cho, Andrew Friedman, Jon Favreau, Jonathan Banks, Lori Beth Sikes, Steve Little, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Mary-Charles Jones, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, Robert Patrick, Morris Chestnut, T.I., Amanda Peet, Génesis Rodríguez, Brett Baker, Nevaina Graves Rhodes, Steve Witting, Ben Falcone, Ian Quinn, Gary Weeks, Ryan Gaul, Steve Mallory, Tyler Nilson, Antwan Mills, Diva Tyler, Sope Aluko, Diolita Arnold, Jamie Moore, Brenda Gonzales, Nelson Bonilla, Angelyn Pass, Kate Graham, Deacon Dawson, Geordie White, Tim Andrews
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Reviews
75
Slant Magazine
Melissa McCarthy is riveting in simply-penned moments of remorse and confession, adding tearful depth to her ace timing and formidable physical comedy.
67
The fault, I think, isn't in our stars but in the script, running up a huge comedy tab the likable players can't pay off.
58
Identity Thief establishes its priorities: Expansive character business is front and center; actual character-building is in the margins, almost off the map.
50
With Melissa McCarthy playing a one-woman demolition team who, for 95 percent of the running time, is a genuine affront to nature, there are unavoidably some laughs here, although the gifted comic actor got more of them in less screen time in her previous films than she does in this starring role.
50
With Identity Thief, Melissa McCarthy proves she's got what it takes to carry a feature, however meager the underlying material.
