Thursday, March 8, 2012

Tower Heist

After finding out that their pension fund has been embezzled, the former staff of The Tower apartments hatch a plan to rob the guy that robbed them. Starring Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Matthew Beoderick, Tea Leoni, and Gabourey Sidibe.

Beside proving that Ben Stiller gets better looking with age, and Matthew Broderick gets worse, this movie was pretty middle of the road. It was watchable and had some funny moments, but it wasn't memorable. Eddie Murphy played the typical black criminal without enough screen time, Casey Affleck was adorable (as always) but he has a comedic timing we see in Ocean's 11, but not in this one. Tea Leoni enters the picture as necessary, but could have had more depth. Alan Alda was a great villain, so sly. It was nice to see Precious in something else. Broderick was awful. The plot was unbelievable but it's not supposed to be, it's just supposed to be fun. The movie was light and watchable.

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