Identity Thief poster

Identity Thief (2013)

Film · 1h 51m · Rated R

Comedy, Crime

A mild-mannered man chases a deceptively harmless-looking woman in a broad, raunchy, and briskly-paced caper.

Pulpy and crowd-pleasing, with big broad humor. A comfort watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.

Streaming on Starz and Tubi (free).

Identity Thief parents guide

It stays inside its R, with moderate sex and nudity, and some violence.

Scare
Not scary
Jump scares
None noted
Gore
No gore
Violence
Some violence
Some fighting or peril.
Sex and nudity
Moderate
Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
Language
Strong
Frequent strong profanity or slurs.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

What is Identity Thief about?

When a mild-mannered businessman learns his identity has been stolen, he hits the road in an attempt to foil the thief -- a trip that puts him in the path of a deceptively harmless-looking woman.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

Yes. It lands on a happy note.

Cast and crew

Directed bySeth Gordon
StarringJason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Jon Favreau, Amanda Peet, T.I., Genesis Rodriguez

More like Identity Thief

Identity Thief is on our Prison, Comedy on Starz, Crime on Starz and Crime on Tubi lists.

More like this feeling

Prompts we typed into CouchRot, and the lists that share its tags.

Lists with the same feel: Comfort watches and Party.

Five more like Identity Thief

Say the mood. Five picks with where they stream, right here.

Uses the TMDB API; not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Intensity, content, tone and pace tags are CouchRot's own.