The Heat (2013) - Paul Feig

It was better than expected, and better than Paul Feig's last directed hit: Bridesmaids (2011), which I was disappointed by to be quite honest.
The Heat however, is a breath of fresh air, when it comes to buddy movies. There aren't many that can pull off female leads in a cop action film, and this manages to do just that.
It also didn't rely too heavily on emotions and stuff like that. It concentrated on the action and the comedy, and therein lied its genius. Even the very minor subplot of Sandra Bullock's character's loneliness was rushed through, to keep the adrenalin pumping.
Paul Feig did a similar thing with this film that Todd Phillips did after his The Hangover (2009) was an unprecedented success: he took the breakout star, Zach Galifianakis and paired him in a buddy movie (Due Date [2010]) with a popular well known actor, Robert Downey Jr. In this case, it's Melissa McCarthy who is the breakaway star of Bridesmaids really, and the well known actor is Sandra Bullock. Hopefully, this means (like it did for Galifianakis), more fame and fortune for Melissa McCarthy, who is a breath of fresh air in female comedy films.

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