Review of The Heat

Laughed my butt off! But is it a buddy cop action movie or slapstick comedy? It really is the latter but the killing with head shots between the eyes really says the opposite. Melissa McCarthy is hil-freakin'-larious. She's gotta be the best comedic actress today. This role takes the genius she displayed in Identity Thief and escalates that. Sandy Bullock, on the other hand, is, well, Sandy Bullock and that's nothing outstanding in the comedy department. She doesn't really add much to the outbursts of laughter … she's kinda like Danny Glover to Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon. The paper-thin plot needs wrapping up by the last half hour and that's where the movie slows down. The comedic moments are fewer and far between. Then we get mushy and gushy with our two female leads for a finish that wants you to feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Yawn. So not needed. And it didn't help that there's no chemistry between McCarthy and Bullock. One extended drunk bonding scene that was supposed to be funny just fell completely flat. I would never imagine a The Heat 2 where these two are close friends. Partners in law enforcement perhaps but not buddy-buddy outside of work. The script should have been thinned out to just give us stupid, fun comedy and left the cop action stuff for another movie. Still – really funny!

7.4 / 10 stars

--Zoooma, a Kat Pirate Screener