What happens when you cast Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy in the same film? One thing is assured and that's loads of non-stop laughter. One plays the clean, uptight and by the-book-copper and the other is a wacky crazy copper. Female Cop-buddy movies are very few. The last one I've seen was perhaps the second 'Miss Congeniality' movie and that wasn't particularly great. However, Paul Feig's 'The Heat' is superb entertainment. The two women pretty much carry the entire film. However, they're also supported well by actors like Michael MacDonald, Demian Bichir and Marlon Wayans (yes, he's actually not that annoying).
The story too doesn't dilly-dally too much on irrelevant subplots. Usually, in such films the more intense scenes tend to be melodramatic but here it doesn't feel that way. The bond between Ashburn and Mullins is believable and even though their characters are polar opposites, it's easy to see why they would be drawn towards one another. Ashburn's loneliness and Mullins's disappointment at her family rejecting her are very well portrayed.
I hope the second movie lives up to the first one. For me, Bullock and McCarthy form one of the funniest on-screen buddies. Like most movie buddies, what makes them so great is that, even though they're hilarious together, their bond is real.
The story too doesn't dilly-dally too much on irrelevant subplots. Usually, in such films the more intense scenes tend to be melodramatic but here it doesn't feel that way. The bond between Ashburn and Mullins is believable and even though their characters are polar opposites, it's easy to see why they would be drawn towards one another. Ashburn's loneliness and Mullins's disappointment at her family rejecting her are very well portrayed.
I hope the second movie lives up to the first one. For me, Bullock and McCarthy form one of the funniest on-screen buddies. Like most movie buddies, what makes them so great is that, even though they're hilarious together, their bond is real.