StyleSk8r
At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
Griff Lees
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Zandra
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Ginger
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
slawrence-45566
Thank goodness there are still screenwriters willing to write unpolitically correct dialogue. Every line is funnier than the one before.
Stephen Bird
Not at all great, but not at all poor either, The Heat is one of those sleazy comedies that has political overtones, if anyone actually picked up on them. Sandra Bullock plays FBI Agent Sarah Ashburn, the absolute embodiment of a modern day politically correct, morally correct, goody two shoes, cannot put a step wrong government worker..., but to the everyday Joe like me, that kind of person, that kind of character is frustrating and downright sickening..., that's where the ever gruff Melissa McCarthy come in......The usually overbearing and in your face McCarthy plays the overbearing and in your face territorial cop, Shannon Mullins; she is the character you can really get into and get behind, the everyday street smart cop that takes no trash from anyone, but who's always dependable. Natural friction is built immediately when these two characters meet, and thank God it's Mullins that comes out on top..., there is some mild comedy and humorous moments as the two interact, such as the first instance they meet when Mullins has to park squashed up between cop cars because Ashburn stole her usual parking space, a short scene as Mullins climbs through several cop cars to get out is mildly funny. As a cop film there has to be a crime involved, but the actual crime itself about the supply and flow of drugs is the secondary story behind the partnership and growing friendship between the two female leads.Set in Boston, the film at least doesn't solely rely on using New York as the principal setting, such as what a lot of films tends to do. Not Bullock's best performance, not is it McCarthy's greatest performance either, but The Heat is one of the filler films that's released just to give people a few laughs, one of the bog standard comedies that just adds to the numbers. Don't expect anything other than the usual, a cop buddy film that has a weak crime story that plays second fiddle to the main story that revolves around Mullins and Ashburn, you'll get a few laughs and it'll pass the time away without dragging, it's nothing special but nothing offensive either.
tvsweeney-39052
This is a kind of female version of Lethal Weapon with Sandra Bullock as Murtaugh and McCarthy as Riggs, only not so much crazy as dedicated.The cop buddy film from a feminine slant, with Sandra Bullock as the by-the-book FBI agent and Melissa McCarthy as the loose cannon Boston cop.As for the violence... I'm thinking some of the scenes were objectionable because performed by female cops. I've an idea if male actors had been doing them, they would've been watched without a murmur. The best scene for me is when the two invade McCarthy's refrigerator (the depository for her cache of weapons) and dress as commandos, ready to do battle to win back their reputations and get the bad guys.My big objection is the many use of curse words and vulgarisms. In one sentence early in the film, McCarthy uses the f-word four times in the same sentence, with repetition plus others following. After several conversations containing more of the same, it got boring, then distracting, then annoying.It may not be the "funniest movie of the year" as the case cover states, but it does have a couple of genuine laughs along the way.This movie was viewed as a rental DVD and no remuneration was involved in the writing of this review.
solidabs
Wow what a great movie. I almost didn't watch it cause I am not a fan of Sandra mad dog Bullock. I can't stand her or her movies. But Melissa McCarthy was incredible in this movie. I live how the movie shows what true idiots the FBI really are. I can see how liberal idiots would not like this movie. Well because they are liberal idiots mainly. I wasn't expecting much from this movie. I am glad I watched it. I haven't laughed that hard at a movie in a long long time. 99 percent of comedies nowadays are unfunny Seth Rogen Crapola. This movie was hilarious and I wish I had Melissa McCarthys refrigerator. That was a work of freaking art. Anyway don't listen to the clowns negative reviews. This is a funny movie. I truly wish I had seen this in the movie theater. Just kidding theta doesn't matter at all to me.I am just trying to type more words so I can publish this submission.The cinematic features in this movie were amazing. We need more Detectives like Mullins in this country. Instead of the whiny little liberal babies we have in this country.Even if you have to pay for this movie it is worth the price of admission. I can't wait to watch it again when the occasion arises.
