Roger Ward
Buddy films have generally been a male dominated domain over the years. With Paul Feig's, Bridesmaids, there was a shift in what a buddy film could be. Feig's follow-up to Bridesmaids, The Heat, brings absolutely nothing new to the genre. While the performances from Bullock and McCarthy stand out, nothing here in Feig's new comedy raises itself above the generic run of the mill buddy comedy. I have no doubt that Feig is a competent director of blockbuster, crowd pleasing comedy, as the cinema receipts show, but this is now his second film - after Bridesmaids - that has left me with a decidedly "meh' opinion.
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