Monday, 29 October 2012

Cinematic fraud


Tower Heist (2011)

Directed by Brett Ratner this film stars Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Matthew Broderick, Casey Affleck and Alan Alda. Disgruntled former employees of an exclusive tower building seek revenge against a fraudster who lives there.

What is surprising about this film is that it has such a large and good cast for what is a very average at best script. Neither the comedy nor the heist elements are really enough to carry this film and while it does little wrong it is hard to point to anything the film does right either. For a script that went through so much development it is a real shame that it seems like it needed another rewrite or two to add some more content.

3/5

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