Should you watch The Heat?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
The Heat
Film · 2013
Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, and uses her gut instinct and street smarts to catch the most elusive criminals. Neither has ever had a partner, or a friend for that matter. When these two wildly incompatible law officers join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected: buddies.
The sides of The Heat
- An uptight FBI agent and a foul-mouthed Boston cop
- A drug lord nobody can find
- A loud Boston family at the dinner table
The Heat is good for you if…
- you like Melissa McCarthy swearing her way through Boston.
- you like two women who can't stand each other becoming friends.
- you want a buddy cop movie with chases and gunfights.
The Heat is bad for you if…
- you need police work that would hold up in real life.
- you don't laugh at gags like a botched emergency tracheotomy on a choking man.
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