FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) is a very skilled and effective investigator, but is despised by her fellow agents for her arrogance and condescending attitude. Hale (Demian Bichir), Ashburn's boss at the New York FBI field office who is being promoted, sends her to Boston to investigate a drug kingpin named Larkin with the promise that she would be considered as his replacement if she can solve the case while showing the ability to work effectively with others. Once in Boston, she is partnered with Shannon Mullins (Melissa McCarthy), a skilled but foulmouthed and rebellious police officer with the Boston Police Department. Ashburn's by-the-book philosophy clashes with Mullins' rugged and violent style of police work. Mullins discovers the details of the Larkin case by stealing the case file from Ashburn and insists on helping her. Ashburn reluctantly agrees, realizing that she needs Mullins' knowledge of the local area and has no other choice.
A buddy cop comedy, but with women instead of men which is a refreshing change for once. Its surprising to realize that there has been no buddy cop comedy with women in the lead in Hollywood before now given the vast amount of comedies that have been built around ladies. Sandra Bullock plays the proverbial 'straight man' foil to McCarthy's vacuous, foul-mouthed shtick who gets on your nerves throughout the movie. The actors do their best to give life to their characters. It deserves props for making the gender discrimination at the workplace for women very subtle. The movie is grounded and is more of a light thriller with a few laughs than an all-out LOL fest. Its at its best when its doing physical comedy though the slicing of the throat was a bit too much. The movie is watchable, but its generic and flawed and lets a few jokes run far too long than necessary which hinders its impact. The Heat fizzles a bit here and there and both the actors have been in far better comedies than this.
6/10
A buddy cop comedy, but with women instead of men which is a refreshing change for once. Its surprising to realize that there has been no buddy cop comedy with women in the lead in Hollywood before now given the vast amount of comedies that have been built around ladies. Sandra Bullock plays the proverbial 'straight man' foil to McCarthy's vacuous, foul-mouthed shtick who gets on your nerves throughout the movie. The actors do their best to give life to their characters. It deserves props for making the gender discrimination at the workplace for women very subtle. The movie is grounded and is more of a light thriller with a few laughs than an all-out LOL fest. Its at its best when its doing physical comedy though the slicing of the throat was a bit too much. The movie is watchable, but its generic and flawed and lets a few jokes run far too long than necessary which hinders its impact. The Heat fizzles a bit here and there and both the actors have been in far better comedies than this.
6/10