The Heat

The Heat

Rating 5 out of 10

First my rant: Seeing this movie in Ft Myers, Florida at a Regal theater (I rarely go to Regal anymore) I got a free popcorn with my Regal card.  Had just eaten dinner and couldn't hold any popcorn.  While standing in line for a diet coke there was a younger pregnant woman in front of me.  I tapped her on the shoulder and asked if she were going to get popcorn.  She said she was so I gave her my free popcorn.  Her response I expected:  Wow, thank you good looking only slightly older man with gray in the beard.  That was so nice I think I'll name my unborn child after you.  Even if it's a girl!  OR maybe: Thank you.  What did I get? She says "Ok".  Then she turns around and goes up to get her free popcorn.  Oh well...

Now the movie-  I didn't really expect much from this movie.  One thing I will say about comedies like this I think it's important to see on a weekend with a full theater.  Something about seeing a moderately funny movie in a theater full of people that makes it seem funnier.  Unfortunately this was a week night with maybe 12-14 other people in the theater.

I think mostly Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy (very funny in tv's Mike and Molly) make a pretty good team.  Sadly they picked this unnecessarily crude foul mouthed poorly written movie to share their talents.  The script while funny at times seems like a made for tv movie that someone thought if they pumped enough F-bombs into it would make for a funny movie. In this movie the F-word is used 190 times.  No I didn't count.  I saw Sandra in an interview where she talked about it.  For me they didn't make the movie any funnier.

The plot of the movie, not that it matters goes like this.  FBI Agent Ashburn (Bullock) is a good agent in NYC except she is a little uptight and not liked.  She is hoping for that big promotion and her boss sends her to Boston to take down that big drug lord that would gurantee the raise. I guess they don't have a FBI office in Boston?  While working the case she crosses paths with the crude foul mouthed Boston cop Mullens (McCarthy) who treats everyone poorly and screams and cusses at her boss.

They hate each other then amazingly enough begin to like each other.  I know you didn't see that coming.  Sadly most of the jokes you see coming around the block.  Bullock and McCarthy are good and almost save the movie.  Almost.  If you can overlook the very unnecessary crude language and can sit thru a couple groan inducing jokes to get to the funny ones you will enjoy this movie.

I'd say wait to rent.