Tower Heist

Josh, the general manager of, The Tower, a posh New York condo high rise finds himself at odds with the buildings most wealthy tenant, Mr. Arthur Shaw.  Shaw is under house arrest for embezzling over two billion dollars from his investors, including the staff at the Tower.

This was pretty entertaining.  It's not quite as much fun as say, Ocean's 11 (2001),  but totally comparable to Trading Places (1983).  Speaking of Eddie Murphy, he does a decent job in this.  In fact he and Matthew Broderick totally steal the show.  Ben Stiller is OK as is Alan Alda.  Tea Leoni is a tad annoying, but still manages to pull it off as the FBI agent.

This is a fun heist movie but does have awkward moments of crude dialogue that don't really fit the rest of the film.  Overall it was funny and good for a laugh.


** 1/2 Rentable


Rated PG-13 (for language and sexual content)