The Heat

"Having realigned the rom-com and feminised the bromance with the hilarious Bridesmaids, director Paul Feig now attempts to makeover the action-comedy with slightly more mixed success. For while Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy make for an engaging mismatched pair to rival Riggs and Murtagh and Foley and Rosewood, they’re saddled with a predictable drug cartel plot that seems to needlessly stretch the running time by an extra 20 minutes."

"Has been engineered to deliver the laughs, and the result certainly does, despite coming alarmingly near to botching the procedural elements along the way."

"As in any buddy comedy, chemistry is key-and Bullock and McCarthy have it in spades."

"The volatile chemistry between Ms. McCarthy and Ms. Bullock is something to behold, and carries "The Heat" through its lazy conception and slapdash execution."

"Bullock specializes in awkward and uptight, McCarthy in aggressive and unfiltered. "The Heat" makes the most of those differences."

"A crude, low-brow audience-pleaser that will hit the funny bones of both performers' fan bases."

"An unevenly matched buddy-cop comedy that amounts to a feature-length showcase for Melissa McCarthy riffing."