This is a kind of female version of Lethal Weapon with Sandra Bullock as Murtaugh and McCarthy as Riggs, only not so much crazy as dedicated.
The cop buddy film from a feminine slant, with Sandra Bullock as the by-the-book FBI agent and Melissa McCarthy as the loose cannon Boston cop.
As for the violence... I'm thinking some of the scenes were objectionable because performed by female cops. I've an idea if male actors had been doing them, they would've been watched without a murmur. The best scene for me is when the two invade McCarthy's refrigerator (the depository for her cache of weapons) and dress as commandos, ready to do battle to win back their reputations and get the bad guys.
My big objection is the many use of curse words and vulgarisms. In one sentence early in the film, McCarthy uses the f-word four times in the same sentence, with repetition plus others following. After several conversations containing more of the same, it got boring, then distracting, then annoying.
It may not be the "funniest movie of the year" as the case cover states, but it does have a couple of genuine laughs along the way.
This movie was viewed as a rental DVD and no remuneration was involved in the writing of this review.
The cop buddy film from a feminine slant, with Sandra Bullock as the by-the-book FBI agent and Melissa McCarthy as the loose cannon Boston cop.
As for the violence... I'm thinking some of the scenes were objectionable because performed by female cops. I've an idea if male actors had been doing them, they would've been watched without a murmur. The best scene for me is when the two invade McCarthy's refrigerator (the depository for her cache of weapons) and dress as commandos, ready to do battle to win back their reputations and get the bad guys.
My big objection is the many use of curse words and vulgarisms. In one sentence early in the film, McCarthy uses the f-word four times in the same sentence, with repetition plus others following. After several conversations containing more of the same, it got boring, then distracting, then annoying.
It may not be the "funniest movie of the year" as the case cover states, but it does have a couple of genuine laughs along the way.
This movie was viewed as a rental DVD and no remuneration was involved in the writing of this review.