Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy put a crazy, comedic spin on an all-too-serious subject in “Identity Thief,” a rollicking romp about a mild-mannered businessman who gets taken for the ride of his life when he falls for an “identity theft” phone scam.
Before Sandy Patterson (Bateman) knows what’s happening, a woman he’s never met (McCarthy) in a far-away state is using his “unisex” name to live it up. She buys a car and a jet ski, fills her Florida house with cheesy impulse purchases, treats a barroom of strangers to rounds of expensive drinks and skips merrily between self-indulgent spa appointments.
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