2011 · action · comedy · heist
Tower Heist
Directed by Brett Ratner1h 44m2011
A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire gets away with the perfect crime, the unlikely crew of amateur thieves enlists the help of petty crook Slide to steal the $20 million they’re sure is hidden in the penthouse.
Our read: Tower Heist (2011) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded action · comedy · heist entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, breathless, measured action / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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