The first trailer for the comedy Identity Thief has been released. Directed by Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses), the movie stars Jason Bateman as an accounts rep who has a week to travel across the country and track down the con artist (Melissa McCarthy) who stole his identity. Horrible Bosses was a fantastic surprise last year and the pairing of Bateman and McCarthy sounds great, but this trailer is a tad disappointing. Many of the jokes hinge on physical comedy, so hopefully they’re saving the dialogue-driven stuff for the full film. The caliber of talent involved is promising and McCarthy looks to have put together quite the character, so I’m still eager to see more.
Hit the jump to watch the trailer and to check out some images. The film also stars Jon Favreau, Amanda Peet, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Genesis Rodriguez, Morris Chestnut, John Cho, Robert Patrick, and Eric Stonestreet. Identity Thief opens February 8, 2013.
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Here’s the official synopsis for Identity Thief:
Horrible Bosses’ Jason Bateman and Bridesmaids’ Melissa McCarthy lead the cast of Identity Thief, an all-star comedy in which a regular guy is forced to extreme measures to clear his name. With everything to lose after his identity is stolen, he’ll find out how crazed you can get trying to settle a bad credit score.
Unlimited funds have allowed Diana (McCarthy) to live it up on the outskirts of Miami, where the queen of retail buys whatever strikes her fancy. There’s only one glitch: The ID she’s using to finance these sprees reads “Sandy Bigelow Patterson”… and it belongs to an accounts rep (Bateman) who lives halfway across the U.S.
With only one week to hunt down the con artist before his world implodes, the real Sandy Bigelow Patterson heads south to confront the woman with an all-access pass to his life. And as he attempts to bribe, coax and wrangle the 2,000 miles to Denver, one easy target will discover just how tough it is to get your name back.
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jason bateman is perfect for this, but i don’t really like the premise. or melissa mccarthy. it seems like we got the whole movie already- where’s the surprise and hidden stuff? I don’t really care (or care to believe) about this somewhat overweight idiotic woman able to kick him in the crotch and keep on taking his identity. its just something like this could and WOULD never happen, and so it ruins the fun. plus the story is predictable- you already assume that she’s going to have a reason for all this trouble, he’ll try and empathize and help her and they walk away from this as best friends in the end. egh.
i do love that moment in the trailer though when he’s all relieved and turning around and then the truck WHAM BAM totals his car. that could be played over and over for the whole trailer and i’d still have the same effect of this trailer, just a little more satisfied of seeing that car smashed so many times.
Looks like a big hit, I can’t wait