Our trio of unemployed blue-collared workers, along with a recently foreclosed resident of The Tower Matthew Broderick , enlist the help of a neighborhood thug Eddie Murphy to break their way into this impenetrable fortress and steal back the money that Shaw stole from them. It's not just that everyone here is doing what they usually do in films, but they happen to do here almost exactly what they do really well in films.
So, while there's nothing here that's a stretch for anyone to their credit there's nobody here who phones in a performance. A good majority of those in attendance at the film's promo screening in Indianapolis enjoyed the film tremendously, including several who referenced it as their favorite comedy in quite some time.
While I'm not quite willing to stretch that far, Tower Heist is a consistently funny, feel good and surprisingly heartfelt comedy that would also prove quite popular should those Occupy Wall Street folks ever choose to have a film night. Ben Stiller is well cast as both the high-energy, highly attentive manager and the slightly off-kilter former manager determined to get revenge for himself, but mostly for his employees.
Stiller is nearly always convincing as the straight, yet still funny, guy. Stiller and Eddie Murphy are a dream pairing, and it works so well here that you can't help but wonder why they haven't done this before. With the exception of his work in Dreamgirls, this is Murphy's best performance in years.
Murphy is funny, naughty, determined, edgy and just plain fun here in a way that harkens back to his Beverly Hills Cop days. Speaking of best performances, Matthew Broderick also gives one of his most winning performances in quite some time as a hilariously droll investor with more than a few battle scars from his recent foreclosure and subsequent family departure. But his retirement is contingent on his ship coming in; Lester, like many others, has given his life savings to the venerable Shaw, who this day is nailed by the Feds, led by Special Agent Claire Denham Tea Leoni , and charged with securities fraud.
It falls to Josh to inform the staff that their pensions have been wiped out. Heist threatens to become serious only for a minute, when Lester, despairing he has worked his whole life for nothing, appears ready to throw himself under a subway train.
Intimately acquainted as he is with the Tower, Josh thinks he knows precisely where the loot is, so after he reconvenes his trusted crew, he feels the need to recruit a real criminal, Slide Murphy , to help pull off the job. This is the rude, confrontational, wiseass Murphy audiences have nearly forgotten after all the silly kid comedies and heavy-makeup outings of recent years. Sprung from prison to teach the neophytes a thing or two about crime, Slide takes charge, in one funny scene forcing each to shoplift something to prove their own worth.
During the middle stretch when Murphy rules the roost, the film is in good hands. The star rating reflects overall quality. Learn how we rate. Parents' Ultimate Guide to Support our work! Corona Column 3 Use these free activities to help kids explore our planet, learn about global challenges, think of solutions, and take action.
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