The Heat

Melissa McCarthy is an absolute powerhouse.  In the new movie from Bridesmaids director Paul Feig comes a hilarious buddy cop movie called The Heat.  Written by Katie Dippold (MADtv, Parks and Recreation), this movie is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen.  Sandra Bullock and McCarthy are fantastic together.  The movie kind of starts out with a big scene that misses the mark comedically, after which I became concerned.  McCarthy plays a Boston cop who is chasing down a fleeing drug dealer in her car.  The sequence wasn't all that funny, which made me a bit worried about how the rest of the movie was going to be.  The laughs picked up and never relented until the end credits.  This is a rare comedy that truly gets funnier and funnier as the movie progresses, which I can't remember being true of many movies.  Most comedies lose their funny elements once the plot starts to take over in the third act.  Not this one.

I saw it about four weeks before it comes out (June 28th) with a packed audience, which helped to enhance the laughter.

Most people know how funny McCarthy is but Sandra Bullock brings some serious comedic chops here too.  She combines great physical comedy with her deadpan sarcastic wit to create a hilarious FBI agent.

Funny cameos and bit roles from Bill Burr, Kaitlin Olson, Tony Hale and Joey McIntyre provide some support for the two stars.  It was also good to see Demian Bichir again, who I loved in one of the best movies of 2011, A Better Life.

The movie tested so well that 20th Century Fox has already given the green light for a sequel, which is exciting.

I predict that this will perform somewhere in the $200,00,000 range domestically, which would rank it better than Bridesmaids and almost as good as The Hangover.  Yes, it's that good.