Critically Panned 10-Year-Old Comedy Starring Melissa McCarthy Becomes Netflix Hit

The 2013 Melissa McCarthy comedy Identity Thief is now a Top 10 Netflix hit. The movie follows Sandy Patterson (Jason Bateman), who tracks down a woman named Diana (McCarthy) who has stolen his identity, in order to bring her to justice and clear his credit. The movie was a financial success, earning $175.4 million off its budget of $35 million, but it was critically panned upon its release. At the time of writing, it has a Metacritic score of 35 out of 100 and an even lower Rotten Tomatoes score of 19%.