The Heat

2013 • Movie • 87,001 views

Comedy

Overview

The Heat is a 2013 action comedy film directed by Paul Feig, starring Sandra Bullock as Sarah Ashburn, a uptight, ambitious FBI agent, and Melissa McCarthy as Shannon Mullins, a foul-mouthed, aggressive Boston police detective. They are forced to work together to take down a drug lord. The film is a hilarious, raunchy, and action-packed buddy cop comedy. It was a massive critical and commercial success, earning over $229 million on a $43 million budget. The film is a female-driven take on the buddy cop genre, and it proved that women could be just as funny and just as successful as men in the genre. The film features a memorable scene where Mullins teaches Ashburn how to be "street."