Tower Heist

2011 | 105 minutes | Rated PG-13

Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy costar in this tepid heist comedy, which has been gestating since 2005 but didn't really take shape until after the Bernard Madoff scandal four years later. Stiller is the obsequious manager of a Manhattan luxury hotel who has entrusted his employee pension fund to slimy investment broker and hotel resident Alan Alda; after the latter is charged with securities fraud and the hotel workers discover they've lost their retirement savings, the manager assembles a crew of down-and-outers (Casey Affleck, Matthew Broderick, Michael Peña, Gabourey Sidibe) and recruits two-bit criminal Murphy to help them burglarize Alda's unit for hidden cash. Highly recommended if you want to watch an assortment of rich movie stars feel your pain. Brett Ratner (Rush Hour and its sequels) directed; with Tea Leoni and Judd Hirsch. By J.R. Jones

Official Site: www.towerheist.net/#home
Director: Brett Ratner
Producer: Brian Grazer, Eddie Murphy, Kim Roth, Bill Carraro and Karen Sherwood
Cast: Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Judd Hirsch, Téa Leoni, Michael Peña, Gabourey Sidibe, Nina Arianda, Marcia Kurtz, Juan Carlos Hernández, Harry O'Reilly, Peter Van Wagner and Zeljko Ivanek