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

| Sep 5, 2018

McCarthy's an actress who needs a foil, and for now Bullock is more than good enough. I just wish these two had found each other 10 years ago.

| Jan 6, 2014

An all-female buddy cop movie that, for all its flaws, amounts to one of the ballsier attempts at the genre.

| Nov 4, 2013

Director Paul Feig, whose Bridesmaids upended notions of what a raunchy ensemble comedy could be, does it again here with another genre.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 8, 2013

This terrific vehicle for the perfectly mismatched comic stylings of Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy isn't a hilarious girl-power trip. It's simply hilarious.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 2, 2013

The Heat is lean, mean and completely uninterested in anything that isn't funny.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 1, 2013

A good cop/bad cop action comedy with the funniest two-women-above-the-title pairing in memory.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 1, 2013

The bland visuals and point-and-shoot directorial style mean that not much sticks in the mind, but 'The Heat II' would be an entirely welcome proposition.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 31, 2013

If you've never seen the point of Sandra Bullock, watch this.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 30, 2013

The cruder gags won't win everyone over, but McCarthy and Bullock's chemistry helps paper over the plot cracks and there's enough situation comedy to entertain.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 28, 2013

Feig's indifference to craft hurts the movie ... but he knows funny, and he gives his actors plenty of room to work.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 11, 2013

There are only two reasons to see The Heat. But they are formidable reasons, and they go by the names of Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 8, 2013

Yes, it's a cop-buddy film, and of course there is a case to be solved. But nobody cares about the familiarity of the premise. You get the sense that Paul Feig doesn't care either.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 3, 2013

If you've never seen Sandra Bullock blow a peanut shell out of her nose, and you'd like to, The Heat is your movie.

| Jul 1, 2013

The many formulas never mesh, and some formidable actors stumble trying to keep pace with its out-of-synch meters.

| Jul 1, 2013

If this were funny, The Heat would add up to your average buddy-cop comedy. Except that it's not funny, at least not very and not often.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 28, 2013

There's an edgy but rewarding chemistry between Bullock and McCarthy that makes me wish they were attached to a less foul-tasting premise.

| Jun 28, 2013

Laughter can be magical. It can also be crass. In the formidable person of Melissa McCarthy it is typically both. And no director seems to know what to do with that tension quite like Paul Feig.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 28, 2013

It's not really such a great achievement to have women cops in the movies acting as boorish and rowdy as their male counterparts.

| Original Score: C+ | Jun 28, 2013

... a rapid-fire script and the inspired pairing of Bullock and McCarthy make 'The Heat' one of the funniest films of the year so far.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 28, 2013