A: When a group of high-rise employees lose their pension to a Ponzi scheme that one of their tenants got them involved in, they hatch a plan to rob the money back from the white collar criminal.
Q: Who’s in the movie?
A: Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick, Casey Affleck, Michael Pena, Gabourey Sidibe, Tea Leoni, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Nina Arianda, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Juan Carlos Hernandez,
Q: Is this movie worth the price of admission?
A:
Go! It doesn't suck. And at this point, that's good enough for me!Q: Will this movie make me laugh?
A: It's more of a light-hearted heist movie than a comedy, so don't be surprised if you don't laugh as much as you would in another Ben Stiller comedy. And by another Ben Stiller comedy, I mean Zoolander, because let's be honest, most of the rest of them aren't all that funny.
Q: Will this movie make me cry?
A: There's one part where Alan Alda explains why he (as a rich man) matters more than they do (as average incomed people). That's sad because rich people really think this way, and they're wrong. The only time they matter anymore than the rest of us is when they're giving their money away for a good cause.
Q: Will this movie be up for any awards?
A: No, but speaking of awards, don't you think it's interesting that after the Oscar Awards producer, Brett Ratner, who happens to be the director of this movie made a homophobic slur, that caused him to resign, which caused the host, Eddie Murphy, who happens to be the star of this movie, to drop out, that Brian Grazer, who happens to be the producer of this movie quickly stepped in to replace Brett Ratner as the Producer of the Oscars. No one has mentioned this, but here's my analysis of why Brian Grazer suddenly decided that he had to take on this thankless job: P.R. emergency. Grazer, who I'm assuming never really wanted the job of producing the Oscars, is taking a bullet for the team, so that this movie, and his company, Imagine, don't continue to get the bad rap that started when Vince Vaughn had a similar debacle due to what some called a "slur" in the trailer for The Dilemma, and has been followed up with a series of high-profile flops, including Cowboys & Aliens. Tower Heist is the first Imagine movie in some time to make any money, and Grazer has no choice but to save its face, by tying a positive image to someone involved with the movie (himself). The happiest news, though, is that he somehow landed the best Oscar host of all time, Billy Crystal. And by "somehow," I'm sure I mean, "Paying him way more money than anyone has ever been offered to host the Oscars before." (Disclaimer: The above paragraph is all hearsay, made up by me... But think about it.)
Q: How is the Acting?
A: Ben Stiller isn't annoying, even one single time. Eddie Murphy is funny for the first time since Beverly Hills Cop II, and Michael Pena is quickly making his way to the top of my hilarious actors' list.
Q: How is the Directing?
A: Everyone thinks Brett Ratner is a really funny guy, because he bangs all those chicks on Entourage and looks like an older Jonah Hill, but most of his movies are much more serious than you remember (see: The Family Man.)
Q: How is the story/script?
A: The script had me wondering how they were gonna pull things off, and even sometimes thinking they were clever in the way they did it. All that, while being simple enough to make screenwriting look easy-- which is one of the hardest things to do when you're writing a script.
Q: Where can I see the trailer?
A: Tower Heist Trailer
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1 comment:
Great review -- I do wanna see this movie.
BTW - that theory is completely sound. I hadn't quite thought it through that far, but yeah.
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