Tower Heist Reviews
Staying true to his legacy, Brett Ratner delivers another comedy packed with action and physical humor. [Full review in Spanish]
| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 16, 2023
The actors are serviceable in their roles, the obvious standouts being Leoni’s charm and Alda’s capacity to fulfill a slippery-as-snot movie villain. Otherwise, everyone else seems like they’re on autopilot.
| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 18, 2022
A film that carefully fleshes out its subjects before building scene after scene of increasingly clever lunacy.
| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 30, 2020
It's a funny and heartfelt film with a strong ensemble cast.
| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 26, 2020
It's a middle-of-the-road comedy in which the good outweighs the bad.
| Original Score: B- | Aug 4, 2020
The movie is an uninspired rehash of caper movie tropes that tries to be quirky only to fail.
| Original Score: C- | Jul 11, 2020
In the end Tower Heist is serviceable not great or something to run right out to see opening night. It might be great to watch on constant TNT reruns in the future though.
| Original Score: C- | Jan 11, 2020
Fun, fast-paced popcorn entertainment that works reasonably well as long as you avoid thinking about how patently ridiculous it is.
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 8, 2019
When Murphy is on screen, Tower Heist really sizzles. But even when Murphy isn't around, Tower Heist is still good enough to satisfy moviegoers looking for a mildly entertaining comic diversion.
| May 7, 2019
No, it's not A Beautiful Mind, but it's a wildly entertaining and funny movie.
| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 10, 2018
The particulars of the smash'n'grab are so ridiculous - just how do you swipe a priceless car from a 50th floor apartment? - you just have to keep watching to see how they are going to pull it off.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 12, 2018
A poor man's version of Ocean's 11.
| Original Score: C | Jan 26, 2018
Let's just get this off our chests right now: Tower Heist is not a great movie.
| Original Score: C- | Sep 8, 2017
This action comedy's heart is in the right place, but its screenplay and direction are not.
| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 14, 2016
'Tower Heist' is a low-rent payback caper involving the staff of the titular high-rent tower. It's Donald Trump's Tower. Oddly, The Donald doesn't have a cameo.
| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 3, 2016
A crappy Hollywood blockbuster for the Occupy movement.
Full Review | May 3, 2015
It is a heist movie that doesn't care about the heist.
| Original Score: C | Jun 23, 2013
All corners of the oddball comedy genre are squarely covered in a way that somehow seems fresh despite the well tried-and-tested formula.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 25, 2012
What we end up with is a film that will have you laughing all the way through while at the same time reminding you that some talent never goes away, it just hibernates in smaller or inferior movies for awhile before that right project reaches them.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 18, 2012
Tower Heist is too much fun too dislike. It may not be the smartest or even the funniest film of the year, but it does feature one very entertaining ensemble that makes for a great ride.
| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Sep 17, 2012