Identity Thief (2013 film)

Directed by	Seth Gordon
Produced by	Scott Stuber
	Jason Bateman
	Pamela Abdy
Screenplay by	Craig Mazin
Story by	Craig Mazin
	Jerry Eeten
Starring	Jason Bateman
	Melissa McCarthy
Music by	Christopher Lennertz
Cinematography	Javier Aguirresarobe
Editing by	Peter Teschner
Studio	Relativity Media
	Bluegrass Films
	Scott Stuber Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	February 8, 2013
Running time	111 minutes
	121 minutes (Unrated cut)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$35 million
Box office	$173,923,765

PLOT

Sandy Patterson gets a call from a woman saying someone attempted to steal his identity. She tells him about an identity protection service and asks him for his name, date of birth, and social security number. Little does he know that his identity is actually about to be stolen.

At work, Sandy gets called in by his boss, Harold Cornish, and told to prepare bonus cheques for partners. As Sandy goes to do so, he gets a call saying he has an appointment at a salon on Friday in Winter Park, Florida. He's confused, but he gets called over by his co-worker Daniel Casey. In the parking lot, he and a few other co-workers meet to discuss starting their own firm. Daniel asks Sandy if he'll join them, to which he agrees.

A little while later, Sandy tries to get gas, but his card is declined and the gas station clerk cuts it up. He calls the credit card company and is told he's spent a lot of money in Florida. As this happens, he gets arrested. At the same time in Florida, Diana continues splurging with Sandy's money. At a police station, Detective Reilly tells Sandy that he missed a court date in Florida for assault. They pull up a mug shot of Diana and determine she's stolen Sandy's identity. It gets worse at work when Daniel (now his boss) says cops are asking about him possessing drugs. Reilly and other cops show up and say a card with Sandy's name was used to buy drugs from a man named Paolo. When told they can't do anything unless the identity thief was standing there in Denver with them, Sandy (knowing where he can find her) offers to go on his own and bring her there and get her to talk to Daniel to clear his name and that he won't press charges.

Trish, Sandy's wife, finds out about the situation and knows Sandy's taking a risk, but he assures her he'll get the job done. He finds Diana at the salon and follows her. After confronting her on the road, she steals his rental car. He finds her address in her abandoned car and goes to Diana's house, which is full of merchandise and other stolen credit cards. The pair scuffle and Sandy attempts to handcuff her. Before he can cuff her, two criminals named Marisol and Julian are pounding at the door because Diana she gave Paolo some bad credit cards. They shoot the door open, but Sandy and Diana escape.

Sandy tells Diana about his plan to redeem his name and Diana agrees to go along with him. Meanwhile a skiptracer (Robert Patrick) is dispatched to track down Diana to obtain a substantial bounty. On the road, Diana reminds Sandy that the people at the airport would have an issue with both of their ID's reading "Sandy Bigelow Patterson", so flying back is out of the question and they attempt to return to Denver by driving.

After travelling through several states, the skiptracer catches up to the pair and captures Diana. A chase ensues and she knocks him unconscious, and Sandy rams his van off the road. They take the skiptracer's van with him tied to the back, but it overheats on the road. They end up walking and almost stop to rest in the woods, but they encounter several snakes, one of which ends up in Sandy's pants, which he takes off and throws away. Another snake bites Sandy's neck and Diana accidentally knocks him unconscious while trying to beat the snake.

Sandy wakes up at a bus station; Diana says she carried until she flagged down a truck to take them there. The next bus to Denver isn't due for three days. Sandy finds some money in his socks and buys a cheap car. When they stop for gas and realize they need more money, the two of them sneak into an accounting firm and coax an accounts processor into giving them access into restricted files, and they steal Cornish's identity to create new credit cards.

Meanwhile, the skiptracer goes to the bus station and threatens the employee unless he tells him where to find Diana. He then gets shot by Marisol who, along with Julian, has been tracking the pair throughout their journey. Having overheard Skiptracer's conversation they continue to pursue Sandy and Diana.

Sandy and Diana finally arrive in St. Louis and stop at a hotel. Diana gets a makeover and has dinner with Sandy. Things get heated when he asks Diana what her real name is, but she admits she doesn't know it. She cries as the accounts processor comes in with cops, who arrest Sandy and Diana. Diana manages to un-cuff herself in the back of the police car, and then breaks the back windshield and escapes with Sandy. Diana and Sandy eventually get home, where Diana has dinner with Sandy's family and reconciles with them.

The next morning, Sandy is prepared to tell Diana that he'll go in alone to the station, but she's gone. She left a note saying sorry. He goes into work, preparing to quit, but Daniel shows him that Diana is meeting with the police in an office. Detective Reilly tells Sandy he is no longer part of the investigation and Diana is taken away in cuffs. Before she leaves, Sandy asks her why, and Diana says she knew he wouldn't turn her in, but it was the right for her to do it herself.

One year later, Sandy is celebrating another birthday, this time with his third kid joining them. The family goes to visit Diana in prison, where Sandy presents Diana with a birth certificate of hers that reveales that Diana's true name is Dawn Budgie. Diana hugs Sandy and begins to walk away, until an officer taunts and told her "Back in your cage, Bitch", prompting Diana to strike her in the throat. Another guard tases Diana in the back. Diana falls, but recovers seconds later. She then gets up and walks back to go to her cell. The camera takes one more shocked look from Sandy, as he walks away.

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