Identity Thief

Ratings: 7.1/10
Film Class: C
Genre: Slapstick Comedy

Sandy Patterson is your everyday family man, and after years of hardwork as a capable businessman, finally leaves his unappreciative boss and joins a new company, only to find his bright future jeopardized by an identity thief. After finding out the identity of the culprit, an innocent looking chubby lady, he decides to take matters into his own hands by pursuing the thief himself, hoping to convince her into turning herself in, or at least clear his name.

Despite being a slapstick comedy, there were some pretty tear-wrenching moments that makes you go "awww". Seeing Jason Bateman (Sandy Patterson) and Melissa McCarthy (identity thief) together is like watching Pinky and the Brain. No money for those of you who manages to guess who the Brain is. 

While Jason Bateman isn't spastically cute (like Pinky), he sure isn't as street smart and resourceful like Melissa McCarthy, though of course this should be the case if not she wouldn't quite "quality" as an identity thief, would she?

And if you were to ask me about the chemisty between the 2, somehow, I feel they're more of a mismatched pair forced to ride together than a complementary one. Was it "laughing out loud [LOL], rolling on floor laughing [ROFL]" kinda funny? 50,50. There were funny moments of course, but weren't enough to tickle your tear glands.

Since Identity Thief is a slapstick comedy, I should point out the obvious, the plot is an absolute no-brainer. And to make matters worst, there's a crazy bounty hunter in the movie which is guaranteed to disconnect your corpus callosum, and possibly vomit out stupid.

Still, it made a great time-waster movie which pampered my worn-out brain, which I have no qulams giving it credit for.