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I feared that we might have seen all the funniest bits of The Heat in its trailer; fortunately, I was wrong. The preview only offers a glimpse of what both Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy have to offer in this rowdy, raunchy buddy-cop comedy. They make a terrific team. (Note to studio: that doesn’t mean I’m dying to see them reteamed in a sequel. Find something else for these actresses to do, please.) Katie Dippold’s screenplay offers more plot than one expects to find in this kind of film and enough fuel to propel both halves of its leading odd couple: ultra-square, by-the-book FBI agent Bullock and foul-mouthed, unkempt Boston street cop McCarthy, who are forced to work ...
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