Tower Heist Reviews



  • Tower Heist
    • Genre : Action, Comedy, Thriller
    • Release Date :
    • MPAA Rating : PG-13
    • Duration : 104 minute(s)
    • Production Budget : -
    • Studio : Universal Pictures
    • Official Site : http://www.towerheist.net/
    • Reviews Rate
      Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.

    • Readers Rate
      3 of 5

Movie Reviews

  • Tower Heist finds a nice comic groove in the job's planning stages
    by Scott Tobias [NPR ]
  • this movie doesn't get huffy, it gets laughs
    3.5 of 4 by Kyle Smith [New York Post ]
  • they're all good, but you can't help leaving the film with the following thought: Man, it's good to see Murphy being funny again
    3.5 of 5 by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic ]
  • the really incredible thing is how easy such willingness comes while watching this disjointed and dopey comedy
    2.5 of 4 by Peter Howell [Toronto Star ]
  • the concept for the Brett Ratner caper comedy about a band of employees of an elite residential building who plan to rob a Wall Street slime ball (Alan Alda) would seem well-timed
    2 of 4 by Scott Bowles [USA Today ]
  • overblinged, eye-catching, and essentially tacky
    Review rate : C+ by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly ]
  • oh, well. Mediocre entertainment is not a crime
    by A.O. Scott [New York Times ]
  • offers its viewers a matinee-length dose of enjoyable catharsis, as long as they don’t ask too many questions
    by Dana Stevens [Slate ]
  • not half as funny as it could have been
    by Mary F. Pols [TIME Magazine ]
  • it's entertaining in its own predictable way
    2.5 of 4 by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail ]
  • if this film turns out to be a big success, malls everywhere may want to hire more security
    by Peter Rainer [Christian Science Monitor ]
  • give him credit for overseeing a film that made me laugh and held my interest more than it should have
    Review rate : B- by Eric D. Snider [Film.com ]
  • delivering double-takes and one liners so well that you don't notice how clunky the actual caper in this caper comedy is
    3 of 4 by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel ]
  • at least for a little while it will make you laugh
    by Betsy Sharkey [Los Angeles Times ]
  • a chewy, not exactly nutritious but thoroughly watchable exercise like one of the lesser "Lethal Weapon" movies, or maybe an older near-great (or at least better-than-average) fun genre exercise like "The Hot Rock"
    2.5 of 5 by Glenn Kenny [MSN Movies ]

Reader's Reviews

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