Health & Fitness

Film Review: THE HEAT

THE HEAT is wrapped in a package of entertainingly funny pairs of X-chromosomes! ~ Beau Behan

THE HEAT

Stars: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy

Directed by Paul Feig
Rated R 117 min, Action, Comedy, Crime

Well, Bostonian police officer Shannon Mullins (Melissa McCarthy) would probably say β€œWho says it’s a man’s world out β€˜tha’?β€”that emphatic silent β€œr”. Afterwards, we could then only imagine FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) just nodding congenially and professionally, not disagreeing. Suddenly, the two of them would rise and sing Ray Charles’ song, β€œHit the road Jack, and don’t come back no more, no more, no more.” Now, as far as the central theme of β€œThe Heat” goes, it’s not about Jack not having money, but it’s about women’s capability to do what men can do, wrapped in a package of entertainingly funny pairs ofΒ X-chromosomes....

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