Nothing will sink a buddy comedy faster than poor chemistry between the leads, which can seem unfair if the script is good. But the opposite is also true: a pair of actors with real comic energy, who complement one another and work fluidly as a team, can turn a so-so script into a boisterous fireball of mirth. It's that second thing, the boisterous-fireball-of-mirth thing, that The Heat turns out to be. The fact that it never deviates from the standard "mismatched cops solve a case" plot formula is almost irrelevant in the face of Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy using their different but compatible comedy skills to razz each other, bust their bosses' chops, bring down a drug lord, and become BFFs. They embody "girl...
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