By Anthony Lane OctoPayback: Eddie Murphy, Alan Alda, and Ben Stiller. Tower Heist has chutzpah, and the action builds satisfyingly, and that's more than can be said about so many other, momentum-less movies. NovemIssue Home Movies Tower Heist, Melancholia, and the battle over video on demand. Watching the crime itself unfold in what may be one of the most hectic days in the city - in the middle of the Thanksgiving Day parade - gives it added oomph. Nevertheless, you have to ask: Why does Broderick only get shlubby roles these days? And does anyone care about the plot, which isn't exactly bulletproof? (There are plenty of inconsistencies, and a romance between two main characters is predictable and doesn't really add anything to the proceedings.) Be that as it may, the film is still a delight. of when you think of Thanksgiving movies, but Tower Heist takes place during the Macys. car on the side of The Tower while the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade marches unsuspectingly below. 376 subscribers Subscribe 797 views 2 years ago This my reaction to Tower Heist starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy a Thanksgiving Edition. Written by Ted Griffin and Jeff Nathanson, based on a far-fetched story by Adam Cooper, Bill Collage and Ted Griffin, it's directed by Brett Ratner and superbly lensed by cinematographer Dante Spinote - with a prized, 1963 Ferrari dangling from dizzying heights and dazzling glimpses of Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. Co-stars Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Matthew Broderick, Casey Affleck, and the rest of the gang have perfect chemistry - essential in a movie that's positing them as a band of brothers of sorts. The 10 best Thanksgiving movies are streaming on Netflix, HBO. Tower Heist is exactly the movie you expect it to be. Directed by Brett Ratner, the film follows employees of a luxury apartment complex as they discover theyve fallen victim to their wealthy employers Ponzi scheme, later conspiring against him and breaking into his apartments while avoiding FBI agents. But the film is certainly entertaining enough to be an escape from daily life. Tower Heist is a 2011 heist comedy movie starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy. Nor from the usual cliches of action movies. Not an escape from the news, exactly, since the movie's main storyline - an obscenely wealthy money manager is arrested for defrauding his clients, who include the staff at his tony NYC residential building - seems ripped from the Bernie Madoff headlines. Though Cinemark (3,825 screens) and National Amusements (450) openly stated their intentions to boycott Universal’s PVOD gambit by refusing to show Tower Heist in their theaters nationwide. 4, meaning it will be available on premium VOD over the Thanksgiving weekend (rival studios. If you're seeking escape, you'll get it from TOWER HEIST. Tower Heist starring Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy and Matthew Broderick opens in theaters Nov.
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