Welcome to the sister article to Comedy Clicks! Each week, we will be taking an in depth look at some of the best comedy films that the world of cinema can offer! Today we will be looking at Identity Thief

About the Film

Summary of Plot

 Mild mannered businessman Sandy Patterson travels from Denver to Florida to confront the deceptively harmless looking woman who has been living it up after stealing Sandy’s identity.. – iMDB

Year Of Release

2013

Running Time

1 Hour 51 Minutes

Director

Seth Gordon

Tagline

Is this the face of a thief?

Opening Weekend US & Canada

$34,551,025

Trailer

Starring

Jason Bateman – Sandy Patterson
Melissa McCarthy – Diana
John Cho – Daniel Casey
Amanda Peet – Trish Patterson
Jon Favreau – Harold Cornish
Tip ‘T.I’ Harris – Julian

Song From the OST

Trivia

• Originally, Melissa McCarthy’s role was written for a male. Jason Bateman insisted that the part be changed after he saw McCarthy in Bridesmaids (2011).
• Every car they took, except for the original rental car, has a crushed can of Red Bull on the dash.
• The company Sandy Patterson works for is “PFG,” the same name as a futures clearing firm that collapsed in 2012 after it was found the CEO had defrauded clients in excess of $200,000,000.
• Returned to the number one slot at the box office in its third week of release.
• Melissa McCarthy’s character does not wear a seatbelt in any of the car scenes with Jason Bateman.