Heat Reviews

The conversation in Heat is one of the most perfectly executed and eloquently intertextual moments in the history of American Cinema.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

A stealth epic, framing an urban jungle and making its own kind of contemporary history by pairing acting giants Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino in what has arguably become the preminent cops-and-robbers movie. [Blu-ray]

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

Quite rightly, this confirmed Mann as one of Hollywood's smartest, most stylish and emotionally articulate directors.

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I have always wondered if Pacino and De Niro flipped a coin before the movie began shooting to see which of them would play which part?

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10

A slow-moving, overburdened, well-meant and at times quite entertaining slog.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

The director's signature sleek and romantic aesthetic is reason enough to take a seat for this operatic three-hour marathon.

Full Review | Original Score: 90/100

Heat occupies an exalted position among the countless contemporary crime films.

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Fascinante por se concentrar em dois homens que, obcecados por suas profissões, acabam dependendo um do outro justamente por não saberem fazer outra coisa.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

Robert De Niro's last great role before he devoted himself to self-parody.

| Original Score: 3/4

This is simply the best American crime movie -- and indeed, one of the finest movies, period -- in over a decade.

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With De Niro and Pacino in excellent form, Mann's Heat ignites the screen.

| Original Score: 8/10

De Niro delivers a frightening vision of frosty criminal efficiency.

Full Review | Original Score: B+

It is a remarkably powerful, entertaining and invigorating piece of cinema that hits on more levels than seemingly possible.

Full Review | Original Score: 90/100

Heat Heat has an intoxicating, seductive look and feel, and if viewers can check their brains at the door, it succeeds on a surface level.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

...one of the greatest crime films of all time.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

Echoes the tradition of American individualists.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

An insightful dramatic look at the relationship between cops, criminals, and the women in their lives.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

Riveting cops-and-robbers tale.

Full Review | Original Score: B+

The action, just like in any great film, is subservient to plot and characters.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10

It's a gorgeous valentine to its three leads -- neither Pacino, De Niro nor Los Angeles has ever looked better -- that backs up its style with real substance.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4