There's a reason rocketed to the top of the US box office to become the year's biggest smash yet.

Meli𓃲ssa McCarthy and Jason Bateman bring their comedic A-game, and we sat down with them to discuss the ro🎉ad trip buddy movie.

The plot finds mild-mannered businessman Sandy Patterson (Bateman) travelling from Denver to Miami to confront and apprehend the woman who's stolen his identity (and credit cards, dignity and reputation in the process). Only it turns out that while the perp (McCarthy) may look all sไweetness and light, she's anything but.

Cue a mismatched buddy-up as they're forced to drive cross-country - all 🐬the while fleeing from gun-toting gangsters, bounty hunters and the oc🌳casional sexual conquest.

Watch the pair talk about the𝔍 hijinks on and off-set below...

Identity Thief opens in the UK on 22 March 2013.