This is a disappointment as, ultimately, the stars' chemistry just can't see off the lazy, sloppy formulaic execution.

McCarthy's an actress who needs a foil, and for now Bullock is more than good enough. I just wish these two had found each other 10 years ago.

An all-female buddy cop movie that, for all its flaws, amounts to one of the ballsier attempts at the genre.

Had Feig cut down about 40 or more minutes in the editing room, he actually may have transformed this into something with more energy and axed most of the DOA jokes but, the way it is, this lifeless piece bobs and sinks.