Identity Thief

"She's having the time of his life."

2013 1h 51m EN

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5.9

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★5.9TMDB · 3,579

ComedyCrime

Synopsis

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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.

“She's having the time of his life.”

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Cast

Jason Bateman
Sandy Patterson
Melissa McCarthy
Diana
Jon Favreau
Harold Cornish
Amanda Peet
Trish Patterson
T.I.
Julian
Genesis Rodriguez
Marisol
Morris Chestnut
Detective Reilly
John Cho
Daniel Casey

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Seth Gordon
Writers: Craig Mazin, Jerry Eeten, Craig Mazin
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.0× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Seth Gordon, shot by Javier Aguirresarobe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Christopher Lennertz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Peter Teschner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy and Jon Favreau carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "She's having the time of his life.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2024432 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Seth Gordon directs. Javier Aguirresarobe behind the camera. Christopher Lennertz scores. Peter Teschner cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 5.0× over at the box office.
2Released 13 years ago.
3Directed by Seth Gordon, shot by Javier Aguirresarobe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Christopher Lennertz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Peter Teschner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy and Jon Favreau carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "She's having the time of his life.".
8IMDB entry: tt2024432 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 12 themes, including "prison", "bounty hunter", "dual identity", "police".

The technical file

Cinematography: Javier Aguirresarobe
Original score: Christopher Lennertz
Editing: Peter Teschner
Production design: Shepherd Frankel
Costume design: Carol Ramsey
Makeup / hair: Linda Flowers
VFX supervisor: Paul Graff
Sound: Kevin O'Connell
Stunt coordinator: Gary Hymes
Runtime: 111 min · 1h 51m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $35,000,000
Box office: $173,965,010
Return: 497% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Identity Thief (2013)

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John Chard2014-04-07
★ 5/10
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
Kamurai2021-07-11
★ 6/10
Good watch, probably won't watch again, and can recommend. This actually reminds me a lot of "Bounty Hunter", but with distinct elements of "Guest House" and "The Hustle". It's honestly disturbing to me to see the anatomy of a sociopath laid out in a movie like this, but it does thoroughly example both what it is like to have your identity stolen and the kind of monsters that do that sort of thing. Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy are both top notch comedic actors, but some of the scenes were a little hammy, even for them. A lot of the movie sort of feels like a VERY long SNL sketch where people are going, "Wouldn't this be funny?" and someone always went, "Yeah, put that in, why not?". It's not that it's not good, but it could have been great.