Films/DVD Asylum

Tower Heist...

24.4.149.23

mkuller

A

...saw this over the weekend with the family.

Starring Ben Stiller along with Eddie Murphy's return to the screen (Matthew Broderick's too) and Alan Alda, who plays Bernie Madoff character who has stolen all of the swanky Manhattan apartment building's staff pension money - along with a billion or so more.

Nice to see Tea Leoni as an FBI agent.

Not as funny as I'd been led to believe, Murphy's not in it enough and overall, a very forgettable movie.

Wait for the DVD.

I'd give it a C-.

Follow Ups:

Why would anyone watch a C- in any format? nt - tinear 12:15:47 11/14/11 (7)
fd
- Still a passing grade... - mkuller 14:10:34 11/14/11 (1)
  ...if people go see Adam Sandler films, this one is much, much better.
  I'd probably rate some of your music choices there or below, yet you enjoy them.
  
  Edits: 11/14/11
  - But I don't feel the same about my music: if I felt it were mediocre, I'd not waste the time. - tinear 15:14:08 11/14/11 (0)
    Life, relative to great art to appreciate, is short.
- RE: Why would anyone watch Ben Stiller? - PdL 13:49:54 11/14/11 (4)
  .... he's an assclown
  - My least favorite "funny" man. (nt) - reelsmith. 10:17:06 11/15/11 (0)
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    reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
  - Do you see "Something about Mary"? - mkuller 19:06:15 11/14/11 (2)
    ...sometimes even "assclowns" can be funny.
    - RE: Do you see "Something about Mary"? - PdL 13:45:11 11/16/11 (1)
      Yeah, he was fuuny in that one. But I can't recall anything since in which Stiller is remotely funny.
      - "Meet the Parents", "Tropic Thunder", "Curb Yer Enthusiasm" roles not funny? ^ - Road Warrior 18:31:49 11/16/11 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Do you see "Something about Mary"? posted by PdL on November 16, 2011 at 13:45:11
        
        "I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"
Murphy really looked hard-edged . . . - mr grits 09:52:57 11/14/11 (0)
and not so funny like the young Eddie. I thought Ben showed some acting chops but generally speaking, everybody there is getting OLD.

Humdrum and definitely DVD or streaming material...if you have time to waste.

2 outta 5

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