Review of The Heat (2006) by Stefan N — 02 Feb 2014

The Heat is the return of Bridesmaids' director Paul Feig to prove that his first feature depended so heavily on the fantastic script written by Kristen Wiig. There are three things that work very well in this fun comedy and that's Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, and Paul Feig.

The Heat is a throw-back to those fun and simple comedies of the early 2000's. It is a typical buddy cop film that leads to two unlikely partners finding out a big secret, surviving the giant climactic fight with the mob, and being pinned medals in their police uniforms at the end - an abundance of predictability.

Nevertheless, Bullock and McCarthy build very prominent characters in today's society and have great comedic pace as well as chemistry. Bullock is the type of by-the-book cop who is as ambitious as she is stringent.

She is a product of the big city world. McCarthy on the other hand, playing a quite different character from Bridesmaids, is a emotional, aggressive, raunchy and charismatic cop who works to protect her brother.

She really resonates with your stereotypical small-town or lower class gal who has attitude and heart. Watching these polar-opposites play off each other is worth the film itself. Melissa McCarthy is like Christoph Waltz- she only works well with one director and when she does it is perfect.

She is similar in her collaborations, but plays completely different characters. The Heat is not this year's best comedy, but it certainly shows Adam Sandler who mindless and raunchy comedies are made.