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Cheerfully crappy schlock.
Made me laugh and held my interest more than it should have, given how sloppy it is. Call it an acceptable bit of B-minus work from a C student.
So what if it's sheer petty escapist enjoyment? Tower Heist delivers the laughs in desperate times.
Alan Alda plays the billionaire, and his oleaginous smarm is so good that you almost wish Alda were starring in a hard-edged movie about Madoff instead of this goofy heist picture that takes way too long getting to the heist.
This is, of course, Hollywood schlock, directed by shlock-master Brett Ratner. But it's also a surprisingly effective social drama.
Highly recommended if you want to watch an assortment of rich movie stars feel your pain.
A funny, if farfetched, revenge fantasy for folks bilked by the likes of Bernie Madoff.
Tower Heist succeeds because of Eddie Murphy's snarky performance, and fun turns from the rest of the cast. But the heist itself is a little dumb and the story is riddled with plot holes.
Occupy this: A feisty and funny heist movie with a nice turn by some guy named Eddie Murphy.
It's the Occupy Movement ethos via a comedy crime caper.
The movie is no fun, except when Murphy is around, which isn't nearly enough.
Tower Heist is an entertaining crime comedy that features solid popcorn filmmaking from Brett Ratner and a big time cast having fun.
A buddy/action film that's a lot like the 'Rush Hour' movies, "Tower Heist" is a better-than-average caper movie. Brett Ratner, who directed all three 'Rush Hour' movies, creates a similar tone with this flick that's mostly a comedy.
One can't help but feel there must have been a little more meat on the bones of the script at some point.
A thoroughly entertaining heist movie with enough ballast to make it real, and also enough comedy to make it a great entertainment
Brilliantly executed with hilarious ideas and a first-class cast, Tower Heist is a sparkling and original caper
A casual heist movie that's played for laughs, not smarts.
A just-for-fun, feel-good people's picture -- and and one that never gets on its high horse and preaches to get there.
The presence of an almost sleepwalking Eddie Murphy as a motor mouth criminal simply adds to the sense of resources neglected.
The heist of the film's title is thus premised on a desire for revenge that seems timely, but is more formulaic.
On the plus side, 'Tower Heist' has a well-cast ensemble and makes great use of its mid-Manhattan location, including an incursion into the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade...
h tainia einai heist apo ton titlo ths akoma, kai kwmwdia apo thn afisa ths, opote to thleoptiko melodrama me to opoio ksekinaei, sympiezei kai olo to kefi ths ypotheshs
As a special message from me to Eddie Murphy...man, I really missed you. Welcome back.
A score-one-for-the-little-guys triumph that finds a funny bone inside the modern-day muscle spasms of the financial agonies that have spread from Wall Street onto Main Street.
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