betty dalton Man, who wouldnt love to see a corrupt banker get conned at his own fraudster game! In Tower Heist its payback time for the hardworking people who get ripped off from their pension money by a sleezy banker. Ben Stiller, Mathew Broderick, Casey Affleck and Eddie Murphy, what a superb and hilarious comedy cast! Great actionscenes, hilarious dialogues with a plot that puts a smile on your face and keeps you guessing...Tower Heist is for all ages, if you want to have a good time and crack up laughing with your kids or with your granny. Numerous scenes are copied out of great action movies (Oceans Eleven, Die Hard, Speed,French Connection). All done tongue in cheek, very classy. Lovely action comedy with a revenge theme ! They dont come any better than this!

Floated2 Tower Heist is an ensemble comedy action heist film which has been compared to the Ocean's film, however this film isn't near those films as a whole. Overall Tower Heist isn't much of a comedy as it relies on stale and unfunny dialogue and a predictable plot. The cast is well cast but the characters come off as unlikable and wonder as to why we are rooting for them. Expected a lot more from this film and expected it to be funny. Ben Stiller plays his typical character, while Eddie Murphy plays another form of his typical fast talking loudmouth criminal type character. What doesn't work for this film is that it's very predictable and not as clever as it is thought to be. Also not much of a suspense of surprises, and in heist film that is a must, to keep audiences on their feet.There are some decent scenes of action with the heist going on towards the end at the parade scene. That was well done how they 'stole' the car from its owner, but overall Tower Heist just doesn't offer much that we have not scene. Recommend to watch the Oceans franchise instead, much more clever, slicker and with a better cast offering more laughs.

javi-y-se-acabo Well, I watched with not many expectations as it was a comedy with Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy, so I just hoped to be entertained and the movie did that very well. It tells the story of a big apartment-building manager who gets caught in a problem of fraud of one of the persons who live in the building, who had received all the money from the people who lived in the building for inverting it, so he with a few other people decided to enter in his apartment and steal the money they think he hides in his house.Of course it's not a perfect movie. There are some plot holes that may distract you a bit from the story and apart from the main characters, the rest are a bit useless. Anyway, Ben Stiller & Eddie Murphy have a good chemistry and they provide some funny moments with the characters of Casey Affleck, Michael Peña & Matthew Boderick. Also the last part when they enter in the building and they were planning it and so remanded me a bit to the Oceans movies (well, just a bit, this is not as classy as that trilogy) and it was made very well.In general, this movie is made for entertain and make you laugh and at least, accomplishes that, so if you want to spent an hour and a half watching a funny and entertaining movie, don't miss this one

Evan Wessman (CinematicInceptions) Anyone looking for well thought out crime and cool, confident characters should steer clear of this movie. The title obviously labels it as a crime movie, which it is, but its focus is much more on comedy. Going into it with no prior knowledge, one would think that it is similar to Ocean's Eleven considering the crime element and the star cast. The crime element is really more of a subplot of emotional tension between the protagonist Josh (Ben Stiller) and the antagonist swindler Shaw (Alan Ada). Josh's feelings toward Shaw go from friendship to distrust to complete averseness as he gains more information about Shaw's escape/abduction. There are a lot of minor roles in this movie since the heist is being made for the benefit of the apartment's staff. Each of their parts develop slightly and you have a good sense of every one of them by the end. Like most crime movies, there is a stronger motive than money to the robbery. It is a motive of revenge against Shaw for scamming all of the workers and for Josh to right the wrong he made in giving Shaw their money in the first place. The main roles, played by Stiller, Casey Affleck, Mathew Brodrick, and Micheal Pena are members of the apartment staff. Ben Stiller's character Josh is the manager of the Tower, and we see much of his usual style of humor (personally I felt like he did better with this than in Night at the Museam). Casey Affleck's part of Charlie is Josh's brother-in-law and another member of the staff who becomes a double turncoat. He is very nervous throughout and his comedy and role are very different from in the Ocean's trilogy. Mathew Brodrick plays a Wall Street man whose home and family are being figuratively stolen from him by the bank (this predicament brings in a few laughs). His character is more similar to his role in the Cable Guy than in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Michael Pena plays the new elevator operator, who starts off as rather stiff with his new job, but gradually turns into a slightly irreverent and natural crook. None of the four have any idea of how to steal so much as a box of crackers, so they employ Josh's recently jailed friend Slide, played by Eddie Murphy. Although he shows up high on the cast list, he doesn't actually become a big part until more than halfway through. Some of the best scenes come when Slide tries to teach the others how to be criminals, though some of the typical Murphy language gets a little excessive at times. The other three main roles come from the Jamaican maid and safe-cracker, and the FBI agent that kind of half assists Josh and his team, and finally the doorman Lester who becomes the main motivation for the heist. In terms of the comedy and crime balance, I would say it is primarily comedy, but there are some pretty good twists of criminal nature near the end. Only in the climax are both elements really combined. For most of the movie, the progression of the robbery and the humorous situations are kept separate. The high-stakes heist is not done very professionally, but is nonetheless plausible. Most of the comedy is verbal, but there is some situational humor like the scene at the mall when Slide meets the others. If you liked The Other Guys, this is a good fit for you. Watch it for a good laugh, but not with a group that's going to chat away the whole time since there are some serious moments where you need to pay attention. Overall Rating: 8.4/10.