![]() He’ll help with the heist.īut if they’re after Shaw’s hidden millions, they need more than people who know the building and who know Wall Street. He’s lost his job, his home and his wife. Matthew Broderick is type-cast as a nebbish laid-off Merrill Lynch manager evicted from The Tower. And Peà a, of “The Lincoln Lawyer,” is a hoot. Gabourey Sidibe (“Precious”) is hilariously on the make as a Jamaican maid who lost her savings and may lose her work visa if she can’t find a husband. Guys like fund manager Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda) are kept in coddled comfort. No client has to open his or her own door, no cheating husband ever has to worry he won’t be warned the wife is coming home early. “We’re all about discretion here,” Josh lectures the new guy (Michael Peà a). ![]() And Josh has drilled and drilled his staff on anticipating his tenants’ every need. A cast of comedy specialists 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.īen Stiller is Josh, the ever-efficient building manager in “the priciest real estate in North America,” New York’s swank high-rise condo complex, The Tower. “Tower Heist” is a winning “Robin Hood and his Merry Doormen” comedy about getting even. Talk about Eddie Murphy, funny again after all these years. Talk about being in sync with the national mood. Talk about ripped from today’s headlines. Summary That rare event, a Hollywood comedy that manages to both entertain and provide a light sprinkling of social commentary.Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuĪ comedy about working-class stiffs who stick it to the Wall Street type who stole their savings? Like any comedy caper, the tone needs to be right and the project is very much a light soufflé but Director Brett Ratner manages to pull off the various elements, to make this a fun night in. Alan Alda also lifts the film with his considerable talents bought to bear on the smarmy Mr Shaw. It is good to see Judd Hirsch on the big screen, getting a few good scenes as the overall building boss. Matthew Broderick is perhaps the standout, managing to make Mr Fitzhugh both sad and funny at the same time, Broderick's comedic timing used to great effect. Stiller largely plays the straight-man, allowing the others to bounce their comedic lines off him. Overall of course it's all very silly and preposterous but it is good to see Eddie Murphy funny again, his sequence with Odessa, as she teaches him the in's and out's of safe-cracking is well done. Whether the group are planning their heist using Lego, getting distracted with Female Sexuality issues or breaking off mid heist to walk a residents pet dog. This a rare Hollywood comedy that is actually funny. We are all set for a decent farce with elements of drama, however the movie is set for fun and mostly delivers. Odessa, a chambermaid with a bizarre Jamaican accent and a handy sideline in safe-cracking (Gabourey Siibe) and lastly, Mr Fitzhugh (Matthew Broderick), depressed, straitlaced, crumpled ex-banker and ex-apartment owner. New boy Enrique (Michael Pena) who is not the brightest bulb, Slick (Eddie Murphy) supposed criminal mastermind but none of the above. Likable and nominally in charge Josh, Charlie (Casey Affleck) who is not much good at anything but has a pregnant wife and extreme motivation. Following subsequent events, we are left with a larcenous but incompetent gang of six. Josh is largely loyal but when rattled he can and does takes matters into his own hands, vintage car aficionados should look away. Subsequently, the employees are left searching for their lost pension funds turning the movie into a "let's get even" escapade. With a story ripped from recent headlines, Shaw is soon in trouble with the FBI, notably pretty detective (Tea Leoni). Josh plays online chess with Arthur, likes him and entrusts the employees pension fund to him to "double their money", unbeknown to his work colleagues. How did it get up there, they took it apart and moved it piece by piece, subtle this is not. Living in the penthouse suite with a rooftop swimming pool emblazoned with a Dollar Bill mosaic is Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda), a wealthy financier with Steve McQueen's Ferrari in his living room. Managing a high end apartment skyscraper in New York, his team look after and cater for all the foibles of their rich charges. Josh Kovaks (Ben Stiller) is the perfect employee.
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