That star power pair should be enough, but it's not.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 17, 2024

The Heat is a breath of fresh air for what the film brings to the buddy cop comedy genre.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 28, 2023

Bawdy, R-rated, and the racial jokes run rampant. Doubtful it could have been made in today's sensitive climate, but it should have been a new franchise.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 26, 2022

If Hot Fuzz is the gold standard for recent buddy-cop movies and The Other Guys is the silver, then The Heat is the bronze.

| Original Score: B- | Sep 17, 2021

The Heat may not set the box-office ablaze it should be packing more than enough heat to justify that rumored sequel.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 10, 2020

Go see "The Heat" and laugh your ass off. It won't change the world, but you will bust a gut watching it.

| Original Score: B | Jul 8, 2020

They didn't have to resort to the superficial jokes because there was a character that they had thought through behind it.

| Apr 24, 2020

It was refreshing.

| Apr 24, 2020

The Heat is occasionally hilarious yet predictable, supported by the combined comedic skills of [Sandra] Bullock and [Melissa] McCarthy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 21, 2019

Rather than transcend the source material here, The Heat pads out worn clichés with funny one-liners and gross-out gags.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 19, 2019

There are some sharp, observational touches behind the antic comedy. And during the lulls in the action there are some sensitive time-outs between the co-stars that almost feel they belong in another movie.

| Aug 6, 2019

The main appeal here is clearly the two leads, and indeed Bullock and McCarthy are a comedic dream team.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 8, 2019

There's a distinctive feeling that we are watching jokes as they are being constructed. Feig is liable to let the camera just run as McCarthy fires off a dozen lines on a topic, causing the jokes to feel badly strung out.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 26, 2019

It's refreshing to see female characters who do not spend large portions of their conversations together talking about men and relationships. A little over-the-top at times, these women still do a respectable job.

| Nov 6, 2018

So amid this wildly predictable mess of a plot, there are several almost redeeming moments of comedy.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 6, 2018

This is a disappointment as, ultimately, the stars' chemistry just can't see off the lazy, sloppy formulaic execution.

| Sep 5, 2018

The plot is formulaic, the stereotypes awful, the villain limp and sniffling and the message beyond predictable.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 9, 2018

The Heat plays with clichés from a long line of mismatched buddy cop comedies, and it's as good as any in the genre's pantheon.

| Aug 9, 2017

In the cinematic world of worthwhile cop partnerships, The Heat is just an addled rookie.

| Original Score: C- | Aug 8, 2016

It takes a special kind of film to evoke uproarious laughter from the sight of Sandra Bullock being repeatedly stabbed in the leg, but "The Heat" does exactly that.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 12, 2016