Identity Thief: Funny and Full of Heart

By Genicsa A. Charley
Campus Voice Staff Writer

GALLUP—Director Seth Gordon.
1hr 51min, Rated R. Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Jason Bateman, John Cho, Jon Favreau, Amanda Peet.
Will the real Sandy Bigelow Patterson please stand up?
Jason Bateman is Sandy Bigelow Patterson, an account representative who is a hard working husband and father of two with one on the way.
He is fooled into giving a creditor his social security number, birth date and his full name to help protect himself against identity thief.
The thief is Melissa McCarthy, who stars as Diana, a beautiful, short and funny con artist living in Miami.
She buys what her heart desires using Sandy Patterson’s credit.
Then Sandy receives a phone call about the huge amounts of money he owes.
Sandy finds his credit card is declined, and his utilities are past due.
Sandy makes an agreement with the police and his boss to convince Diana to come back with him to Denver in order to save his job, reputation and name.

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