Synopsis
Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, and uses her gut instinct and street smarts to catch the most elusive criminals. Neither has ever had a partner, or a friend for that matter. When these two wildly incompatible law officers join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected: buddies.
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Cast
- Sandra BullockSarah Ashburn
- Melissa McCarthyShannon Mullins
- Demián BichirHale
- Marlon WayansLevy
- Michael RapaportJason Mullins
- Jane CurtinMrs. Mullins
- Spoken ReasonsRojas
- Dan BakkedahlCraig
- Taran KillamAdam
- Michael McDonaldJulian
Recommendations
- 79
Film.com
A bawdy and belligerent comedy, meant mostly for folks looking for nothing more than to enjoy a few laughs. - 75
Boston Globe
If you’re going to make a dopey, bawdy, foul-mouthed, predictable lady-buddy-cop movie, you might as well make it funny. And until it overstays its welcome in the final half-hour, The Heat is shamefully funny. - 75
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
After watching the trailers, I was expecting torture, but this smart, subversive movie made me laugh. So shoot me. - 67
Austin Chronicle
More often than not The Heat is just stupid-funny, which circles us back to McCarthy, motor-mouthing four-letter fury like an operatic aria. She sells Mullins as delightfully unhinged and fairly radiating with rage, and it’s irresistible. - 67
Tampa Bay Times
When director Paul Feig — who revitalized feminine comedy with "Bridesmaids" — allows McCarthy's improvisational instincts to take over because, honestly, nobody else in the cast can stand up to her. McCarthy is the best thing about The Heat. - 63
Slant Magazine
With the film, Melissa McCarthy definitively cements her status as a legitimate comic talent, leaving her co-star stumbling behind in her wake. - 60
New York Daily News
Every foul-mouthed joke [McCarthy] cracks, every unexpected physical gag she underplays, is so funny you forget how often we’ve seen this setup. Or, when it comes to women, how rarely. - 58
The A.V. Club
Part of the point here is to stake a claim on a genre that’s traditionally been a boys’ club, and in that regard, The Heat delivers: In a bonding moment, this odd couple goes on a bender as epic as anything in "The Hangover." Their enthusiasm with weapons should alarm viewers across all demographics and species.
