"Based on true events", the film revolves around Michelle Brown and her husband seeking a happy life together. Events turn sour when a monster in the form of Connie Volkos, a white trash cartoon stereotype, uses Michelle's credit card information to feed her shopping addictions. It becomes a race against time for Michelle to stop Connie, save her financial life and hopefully, learn to use her money better.
As this is a Lifetime movie; almost the entire story structure is procedural, and at times heavy handed to the point of irritation (there is a scene in which one of Michelle's friends spells out to the audience about the growing danger of identity theft in America).
This all isn't to say "Identity Theft: The Michelle Brown Story" is complete rubbish; for what it lacks in suspense, it makes up in clarity.
I could imagine a film director like Steven Soderbergh ("Ocean's Eleven") making a sophisticated and white-knuckle thriller revolving around a plot similar to this film.
Grade- C+
As this is a Lifetime movie; almost the entire story structure is procedural, and at times heavy handed to the point of irritation (there is a scene in which one of Michelle's friends spells out to the audience about the growing danger of identity theft in America).
This all isn't to say "Identity Theft: The Michelle Brown Story" is complete rubbish; for what it lacks in suspense, it makes up in clarity.
I could imagine a film director like Steven Soderbergh ("Ocean's Eleven") making a sophisticated and white-knuckle thriller revolving around a plot similar to this film.
Grade- C+