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88This movie doesn't get huffy, it gets laughs.
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80A highly entertaining and heartfelt action comedy that ought to steal more laughs than any other film this holiday season.
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80A smoothly engineered crowd pleaser.
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78To a one, they nail the humor, all right, but they also, quite crucially, humanize the high concept.
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75As far as sophisticated caper flicks go, Tower Heist is oceans away from George Clooney's crew. Compared to other recent comedies, it's pretty light on the laughs.
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75It keeps things light and entertaining. And for $8 admission, that's never a bad investment.
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75Smoothly made and smart enough. It's not going for too much, but I laughed a lot.
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75For what it is - recessionary wish-fulfillment escapism, with a lot of highly skilled familiar faces in its amply qualified cast - it's fun.
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75A winning "Robin Hood and his Merry Doormen" comedy about getting even. A cast of comedy specialists each 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.
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70Tower Heist is overstuffed with actors, and yet Ratner manages to give each of them one or two good moments.
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70You can't help leaving the film with the following thought: Man, it's good to see Murphy being funny again.
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70More than the marquee names, the second bananas keep the movie bobbing along: Broderick's pharmaceutically vague hangdog act is perfect ("If you need me, I'll be living in this box"), while Peña turns out to be a fine comedian, an enthusiastically yipping dumb puppy here.
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70A shameless but exuberantly well-done caper comedy.
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63Tower Heist is as over-inflated as those Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons that are featured in the movie's climax. Also similarly, it's entertaining in its own predictable way.
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63There's not much to say about a jerry-built caper comedy, except that this one has timeliness on it side, and some first-rate clowns.
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63An improbably satisfying action comedy.
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63Devoting more time to the setup than to the follow-through, Tower Heist doesn't really build suspense so much as it builds impatience - for the thing to be over.
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63The movie is broad and clumsy, and the dialogue cannot be described as witty, but a kind of grandeur creeps into the screenplay by Ted Griffin and Jeff Nathanson.
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Nov 6, 201160Fun if uneven stuff from Ratner. A welcome return to form for Eddie Murphy and an even-more-welcome turn by the ever-excellent Alan Alda.
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60Tower Heist might not be a classic (it's not), but at least for a little while it will make you laugh instead of cry about the current state of affairs, which is more than you can say about a lot of things.
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60Highly recommended if you want to watch an assortment of rich movie stars feel your pain.
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60Boasts an unusually strong cast of actors, who boost the slick screenplay into a satisfying popcorn picture.
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60Tower Heist is funny in the way of so many Hollywood comedies, meaning that individual scenes are often crisply written and played, but the whole doesn't add up to anything.
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58If this film turns out to be a big success, malls everywhere may want to hire more security.
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58Doesn't demand much of the audience, sure, but it doesn't provide much, either. It's as if an all-star gang of would-be crooks got together to rip off...moviegoers.
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58In the end, Tower Heist isn't a black Ocean's Eleven or a bold leap forward for feature-film distribution, just a passable piece of commercial entertainment that falls closer to product than art.
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58Tower Heist is the cinematic version of a Trump property: overblinged, eye-catching, and essentially tacky.
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50The combined efforts of this fine ensemble cast make Tower Heist go down easier than it otherwise might, but the film's potential as a buddy comedy is sadly wasted.
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50Tower Heist feigns being an "Ocean's 11" for schmucks, but plays like a retread of "48 Hours."
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50Tower Heist could and should have been much more. Mr. Ratner goes for the safe bet and the easy score.