This quickly became one of your favorite movies of all time. The chemistry between Sandra & Melissa is freakin' hysterical. And yes, it is fairly "female-empowering". it's just a great story, everybody in it is awesome, and it's very, VERY funny, as long as your comfortable w vulgarities (I personally couldn't make it through the day anymore without any of those.
It's ranking right up there with longtime favs like Animal House, Blues Brothers, Old School, The Hangover.
The Heat is a 2013 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Paul Feig and written by Katie Dippold. It stars Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Demián Bichir, Marlon Wayans, Michael Rapaport, and Jane Curtin. The film centers on FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn and Boston Detective Shannon Mullins, who must take down a mobster in Boston.
FBI agent Sarah comes to Boston to track an elusive drug lord and bag a promotion for herself. However, before she can interrogate a lead, she must deal with Mullins, another cop who likes to go solo.