![]() Don't go seeking perspective or wisdom, but for two hours of escapism, it's a steal. Watch the full movie online Tower Heist is a 2011 American heist comedy film directed by Brett Ratner, written by Ted Griffin and Jeff Nathanson, based on a story by Bill Collage, Adam Cooper and Griffin and starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy with Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick, Judd Hirsch, Ta Leoni, Michael Pea, and. So we'll turn the tables on 2½ stars out of 4 for the recession-relevant revenge romp, Tower Heist. And it's not the writers we're watching and spending time with, but the performers, as a solid Stiller, a delightfully understated Broderick, an appropriately villainous Alda, and especially a vintage, wiseacre Murphy - who is back in street-savvy form, served as one of the producers, and should have given himself more screen time - lead the way, delivering a shallow but broadly entertaining divertissement. Farfetched is one thing, but this elaborate scheme is - let's face it - laughably preposterous.Īfter all, the film's haves-versus-have-nots theme, however unexplored, still registers as sympathetic to members of the working class dealing with the issue of financial inequity off-screen. Worse, it's a swiss-cheese tapestry of plot holes and arbitrary, nonsensical occurrences. Tower Heist It Movie Cast, Love Movie, It Cast, Danny Lloyd, Tony. That's why the first act lands with so much more audience-pleasing power than the two acts that follow.īut there are enough scattered laughs throughout, hand-delivered by a canny ensemble, to keep us invested, occasionally even touched or nervously stimulated, despite a shaky screenplay (by Ted Griffin and Jeff Nathanson, based on a story by Griffin, Bill Collage, and Adam Cooper) that's not exactly a high-rise of insights into our financial woes. ![]() The veteran cast also includes Matthew Broderick, Casey Affleck, Tea Leoni, Michael Pena, Gabourey Sidibe ( Precious), Judd Hirsch, and Stephen McKinley Henderson.ĭirector Brett Ratner (the Rush Hour trilogy, Red Dragon, The Family Man, X-Men: The Last Stand) isn't interested in exploring his can't-miss premise, resonating as it does in this era of financial injustice and economic outrage, beyond the most superficial of levels. Stiller and Murphy are the stars above the title, but this is essentially an ensemble piece - and a populist one at that. PG-13 2011, Comedy/Adventure, 1h 45m 67 Tomatometer 201 Reviews 48 Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings What to know Critics Consensus Tower Heist is a true Brett Ratner joint: little brains to this. So the inexperienced thieves, who at least know the ins and outs of the Columbus Circle highrise, turn to a petty crook named Slide, played by Eddie Murphy, for help with planning their lifting of $20 million of Shaw's money, currently guarded in his condo. made off with their moolah), and because Shaw is now under house arrest, having been caught stealing not just the staffers' future but several b-b-billions from his investors. Why? Because Shaw had been entrusted to manage their pensions, which have been lost as a result of his Ponzi scheme (yes, he, umm. Griffin brought the real motivation and the heart to the concept, moving away from the premise of performing an ensemble heist on a rich Donald Trump type. (2½ stars out of 4)īen Stiller stars as Josh Kovacs, an apartment building manager in New York City who rounds up the employees at a luxurious, secure Central Park condominium, a Trump-ish apartment complex (the original title: Trump Heist) as part of a plot to steal from one of the penthouse residents, a billionaire financier named Arthur Shaw, played by Alan Alda. Tower Heist is a comedic caper thriller about a Wall Street swindler and the working stiffs who try to stiff him back. Because sometimes, your trip ends before the in-flight movie does, and you really don’t want to ask the pilot to circle the airport just so you can catch the finale.Nobody's saying that Tower Heist towers over all other heist flicks, but it's got something most of those evergreens don't even pretend to have: timeliness, whether purposeful or accidental.Because sometimes, you fall asleep watching a mediocre rental, and would rather return it on time than pay two more bucks just to see the end.Because sometimes, your TiVo timer didn’t get it quite right, and cut off the crucial final minutes of something that won’t get shown again for six months.Because sometimes, you’re not interested in seeing that movie everyone’s talking about but are dying to know what the hubbub is about anyway.Because sometimes, you vaguely remember an old movie that had some sort of plot twist at the end of it, but can’t remember what it was. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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