Tower Heist

Movie: Tower Heist

Genre: thriller - comedy

Synopsis: Josh (Ben Stiller) is the manager of the most exclusive condo high rise in Manhattan.  Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda), one of the residents, is arrested for investment fraud.  The big mystery is where he has hidden is stash of millions of dollars.  The victims of his crime include the employees of the condo building – their entire pension fund has been lost.  Josh takes matters into his own hands and forms a “team” (Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Matthew Broderick, Michael Peña and Gabourey Sidibe) with the goal of finding and recovering the hidden millions.  The team’s plan and execution of the plan is not exactly of Mission impossible caliber.

My two cents: A great comedy – it was fun from start to finish.  This light-hearted slapstick quality of this movie is kind of a throw back.  I really enjoyed it and did a lot of laughing. There is one scene involving a car – and a couple of the characters – being dangled about 40 or 50 stories above the street that was one of the most squirm-inducing scene I have ever seen outside of a horror movie.  I really liked Tea Leone as the FBI agent who is also out to recover the missing money.  Last, but not least, Alan Alda seems to revel in playing the smarmy rich guy who has no morals.  He certainly did a bang-up job in this movie.

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