6/10
Action comedy with thrills, car chases, emotion, and anything else .
23 April 2024
Sandy (Jason Bateman) is a loving and devoted family man,. A Denver family man who's always been responsible with his personal finances, he is shocked to learn that his credit score is in shambles. As he becomes the victim of a fraud designed by a compulsive shopper who steals his identity and uses his money: Diana (Melissa McCarthy). When the police refuse to offer any help, Sandy realizes that his only choice is to catch the impostor himself and bring her back to Denver to face justice. Being merilessly chased by a grizzled skip tracer (Robert Patrick) and a pair of vicious gangsters (Génesis Rodríguez and T. I.) determined to get the fake Sandy first, every step along the way will be a struggle. Is this the face of a thief?.Is this the face of a sucker?. She's having the time of his life

Comedians Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy star in this crazy comedy about fraud, mistakes and people on the verge of collapse. It is an action comedy that follows the style of a 'Road movie', and for which a series of confrontations, chases, and car crashes take place, when our well-known protagonists are relentlessly pursued by both the police, a bounty hunter and two mafia hitmen.

Director Seth Green handles the action and comedy with enthusiasm and the enjoyable chemical between Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy produces genuine comic sparkles. The friction between two leads Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy is fun to watch, while the action and comic moments are agreeable . The prestigious screenwriter Craig Mazin, writer of the different Scary Movie sequels, Hangover, and especially Chernobil and The last of us series writes this fun comedy focused on the relationship between a scammer and the person she has scammed. Duo of protagonists is really good; Melissa McCarthy is very nice as the unrepentant Florida fraudster who steals identities causing a lot of mayhem and messes, while Jason Bateman is the straight-laced, kind, and happily married family man who finds himself inexplicably involved in many twisted problems. Completing the main cast is the versatile John Favreau (Spiderman saga, and director of the remake The Lion King), Amanda Peet as the beloved wife, the rapper T. I. P. Génesis Rodriguez, Morris Chestnut, John Cho, Robert Patrick, Eric Stonestreet and Jonathan Banks.

The motion picture was well directed by Seth Gordon. He is a good director who has worked in both television and film. In TV he has made series as Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector, Marry me, The Office, Community, The Night Agent, The Goldberg, Breaking in, Modern family, The Good doctor. Gordon has producted/directed feature films as : The lost city (2022), Pixels (2015) y Cry Wolf (2005), Baywatch, Horrible Bosses , Di Di Hollywood, among others. Rating: 6/10.
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