Editing Heat (1995 film) (section)

==Reception==
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Heat'' holds an approval rating of 83%, based on 150 reviews and an average rating of 7.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Though Al Pacino and Robert De Niro share but a handful of screen minutes together, ''Heat'' is an engrossing crime drama that draws compelling performances from its stars – and confirms Michael Mann's mastery of the genre."<ref name=rt>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1068182_heat |title=Heat (1995) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=December 20, 2023 |archive-date=July 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719083809/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/heat_1995 |url-status=live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 76 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/heat |title=Heat (1995): Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=June 21, 2011 |archive-date=December 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205075828/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/heat |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A−" on a scale of A+ to F.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |title=cinemascore.com |website=[[CinemaScore]] |access-date=December 15, 2018 |archive-date=January 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102130540/https://www.cinemascore.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three and a half stars out of four. He described Mann's script as "uncommonly literate", with a psychological insight into the symbiotic relationship between police and criminals, and the fractured intimacy between the male and female characters: "It's not just an action picture. Above all, the dialogue is complex enough to allow the characters to say what they're thinking: They are eloquent, insightful, fanciful, poetic when necessary. They're not trapped with cliches. Of the many imprisonments possible in our world, one of the worst must be to be inarticulate – to be unable to tell another person what you really feel."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/heat-1995 |title=Heat :: Reviews |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |date=December 15, 1995 |access-date=July 12, 2021 |archive-date=July 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719083207/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/heat-1995 |url-status=live }}</ref> Simon Cote of ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]'' called the film "one of the most intelligent crime-thrillers to come along in years", and said Pacino and De Niro's scenes together were "poignant and gripping."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmvault.com/filmvault/austin/h/heat1.html |title=''Heat'' |work=[[The Austin Chronicle]] |date=September 22, 1997 |access-date=April 27, 2013 |archive-date=August 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830092532/http://www.filmvault.com/filmvault/austin/h/heat1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Kenneth Turan]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called the film a "sleek, accomplished piece of work, meticulously controlled and completely involving. The dark end of the street doesn't get much more inviting than this."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/heat/critic-reviews |title=Critic Reviews for Heat |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=April 27, 2013}}</ref> [[Todd McCarthy]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote, "Stunningly made and incisively acted by a large and terrific cast, Michael Mann's ambitious study of the relativity of good and evil stands apart from other films of its type by virtue of its extraordinarily rich characterizations and its thoughtful, deeply melancholy take on modern life."<ref name=var>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/1995/film/reviews/heat-2-1200444173/ |first=Todd |last=McCarthy |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |title=Review: ''Heat'' |date=December 5, 1995 |access-date=March 27, 2014}}</ref> [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave it a B− rating, saying that "Mann's action scenes ... have an existential, you-are-there jitteriness," but called the heist-planning and Hanna's investigation scenes "dry, talky."<ref name="ew review">{{cite magazine |last1=Gleiberman |first1=Owen |author-link1=Owen Gleiberman |title=Heat Review |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,300104,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717201853/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,300104,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 17, 2007 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=September 14, 2014 |date=December 22, 1995}}</ref>

''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked ''Heat'' #28 on its list of "The 100 Greatest Movies of the '90s",<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Editorial staff|date=July 12, 2017|title=The 100 Greatest Movies of the Nineties|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/the-100-greatest-movies-of-the-nineties-195513/|access-date=May 25, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719084357/https://gum.criteo.com/syncframe?origin=publishertag&topUrl=www.rollingstone.com&us_privacy=1---&gpp=DBABBg~BUoAAAJY.QA&gpp_sid=8|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[The Guardian]]'' ranked it #22 on its list of "The Greatest Crime Films of All Time",<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 17, 2010|title=Heat: No 22 best crime film of all time|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/17/heat-crime|access-date=May 25, 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719084301/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/17/heat-crime|url-status=live}}</ref> while other publications have noted its influence on numerous subsequent films.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Goodman|first=William|title=The Action Is the Juice: Ranking the Heat Homages|url=https://www.gq.com/story/heat-movie-robert-de-niro-al-pacino-michael-mann-homages-ranked|access-date=May 25, 2021|website=GQ|date=December 15, 2020|language=en-US|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719084210/https://www.gq.com/story/heat-movie-robert-de-niro-al-pacino-michael-mann-homages-ranked|url-status=live}}</ref>

Although it did not receive any major award nominations, the film was nominated for [[Saturn Award for Best Action or Adventure Film|Best Action/Adventure Film]] and Kilmer for [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] at the [[Saturn Awards]] but lost to ''[[The Usual Suspects]]'' and ''[[12 Monkeys]]'' respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1995/1995sat.htm|title=1995 – 22nd Saturn Awards|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=September 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017175721/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1995/1995sat.htm|archive-date=October 17, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>