Synopsis
A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire gets away with the perfect crime, the unlikely crew of amateur thieves enlists the help of petty crook Slide to steal the $20 million they’re sure is hidden in the penthouse.
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Cast
- Ben StillerJosh Kovacs
- Eddie MurphySlide
- Casey AffleckCharlie Gibbs
- Alan AldaArthur Shaw
- Matthew BroderickMr. Fitzhugh
- Téa LeoniSpecial Agent Claire Denham
- Michael PeñaEnrique Dev’Reaux
- Judd HirschMr. Simon
- Gabourey SidibeOdessa Montero
- Stephen McKinley HendersonLester
Recommendations
- 80
The Hollywood Reporter
A smoothly engineered crowd pleaser. - 75
Orlando Sentinel
A winning "Robin Hood and his Merry Doormen" comedy about getting even. A cast of comedy specialists each deliver their comic specialties to perfection, delivering double-takes and one liners so well that you don't notice how clunky the actual caper in this caper comedy is. - 70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
A shameless but exuberantly well-done caper comedy. - 70
Village Voice
More than the marquee names, the second bananas keep the movie bobbing along: Broderick's pharmaceutically vague hangdog act is perfect ("If you need me, I'll be living in this box"), while Peña turns out to be a fine comedian, an enthusiastically yipping dumb puppy here. - 70
Arizona Republic
You can't help leaving the film with the following thought: Man, it's good to see Murphy being funny again. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
Tower Heist is the cinematic version of a Trump property: overblinged, eye-catching, and essentially tacky. - 50
Variety
During the heist itself, the suspense is palpable, if only because Christophe Beck's funky score blares its horns so insistently, one can't help but feel anxious. But the laughs don't follow. - 40
The New Yorker
Toss everything you can find, starting with roughly diced plots, into the blender, press "Pulse," and pray: such appears to be the method behind Tower Heist.
