Unusually for a vehicle with such big stars, Tower Heist came in under the radar and turns out to be a fairly entertaining if rather underwhelming comedy. For two-thirds of its running time, Tower Heist proves inconsistent, with occasionally successful humour and achieving varying levels of piquing audience interest, but the actual heist has many wonderfully daft and ridiculous moments with a bold and successful final pay-off. The eclectic cast gels well, with Stiller playing a good 'straight man' and Murphy almost being let off the leash and showing flashes of his old style. At its heart, Tower Height seems to want to be a joyous 1960s-style crime-comedy caper, but director Ratner and the script both lack the lightness of touch and the consistent flow that the film would need to achieve that.
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