Hollywood ReporterThis lively, funny caper hinged on victims getting their own back from a Madoff type should play well to a wide audience.
Chicago TribuneCast that includes Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller and Matthew Broderick cashes in via '70s-style crime caper
Chicago Sun-TimesIf it had provided me with nothing else, "Tower Heist" would have afforded me the sight of a solid gold automobile being low...
The New YorkerToss everything you can find, starting with roughly diced plots, into the blender, press Pulse, and pray: such appears to be...
Entertainment WeeklyTower Heist is the cinematic version of a Trump property: overblinged, eye-catching, and essentially tacky.
Chicago Sun-TimesThis isn't a great heist movie for a lot of reasons, beginning with the stupidity of its heist plan and the impossibility of...
Chicago TribuneFor what it is - recessionary wish-fulfillment escapism, with a lot of highly skilled familiar faces in its amply qualified ...
New York Daily NewsBoasts an unusually strong cast of actors, who boost the slick screenplay into a satisfying popcorn picture.
Salon ArtsTower Heist is funny in the way of so many Hollywood comedies, meaning that individual scenes are often crisply written and ...
The Boston GlobeTower Heist is smoothly made and smart enough. It's not going for too much, but I laughed a lot, despite knowing better, whi...
The Philadelphia InquirerDevoting more time to the setup than to the follow-through, Tower Heist doesn't really build suspense so much as it builds i...
The New York TimesMr. Ratner goes for the safe bet and the easy score, which means that, for all his shows of solidarity with the working stif...
Rolling StoneYou won't remember Tower Heist an hour later, but the top cast makes the jokes (even the lousy ones) go down easy.
Wall Street JournalThe type of film with which Mr. Ratner has claimed to be infatuated is itself like a caper -- it requires precise execution....
Los Angeles TimesTower Heist might not be a classic (it's not), but at least for a little while it will make you laugh instead of cry about t...
SlateThe most that can be said for Tower Heist, the new action comedy from Brett Ratner, is that it's a middlingly well-done evoc...
New York PostIt's a cunningly engineered movie that's as much fun as Ocean's 11, a tale of a Renoir of ripoff who matches skills with fre...
Washington PostTower Heist is an improbably satisfying action comedy, the kind of wax-on-wax-off, slickly machined Hollywood widget that me...
USA TodayTower Heist feigns being an Ocean's 11 for schmucks, but plays like a retread of 48 Hours.
E! OnlineDirector Brett Ratner may not see the irony in throwing what is pretty clearly a massive budget into an anti-greed tale, but...
Film School RejectsThe film is equal parts too slick and too dumb, with an illogical scheme supposedly driving the plot and action. There’s mor...
ReelViewsWhether suffused with tension or laced with humor, the heist movie has enjoyed enduring appeal since the heyday of film noir.
Total FilmAn entertaining but uptight comedy that strains to match the throwaway fizz of the Oceans movies. Cool cast, but it increasi...
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Partial Film Information
Director: Brett Ratner
Writer: Ted Griffin
Studio: Universal Pictures
Cast: Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck
Release: November 4, 2011
Writer: Ted Griffin
Studio: Universal Pictures
Cast: Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck
Release: November 4, 2011
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