Day 177: Tower Heist

Directed By- Brett Ratner

Writer(s)- Ted Griffin, Jeff Nathanson

Starring- Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick, Tea Leoni, Micheal Pena, Gabourey Sidibe

Critics Review- "a casual heist movie that's played for laughs, not smarts."- Anders Wotzke "Moviedex"

Rotten Tomatoes Review- Critics- 68% Audience- 51%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 3 1/2 stars

My Review-

This was Eddie Murphy's comeback, aside from his other movie A Thousand Words. This was the a heist movies with people that did not know what the hell they were doing, and it was very funny, especially with the supporting cast. I like some heist movies, it was mostly the Ocean movies, and long with some others, however this one was a little different. This heist movie was more set with what was going on during the recession with certain business' and all that this one was just with the employees' want what was there's which was a lot of money. Now aside from Eddie Murphy coming back to his form, which was back in the 80s when he was really funny, this helped bring him back; with his smartass combacks and quick timing. One person that kind of surprised me was Gabourey Sidibe she was one of the funniest people in the movie, even though she had a sort of small part in the movie. I had only known her from the Precious movie that I never saw or will watch, and the show that she is one The Big C from what I saw in that show she was pretty funny, but in this I guess since she had a thick accent was given something a little better we were able to see a different side of her that we should see more of in the near future. I will admit this movie as funny and had some twists throughout the whole movie, I just cannot quite figure out what was wrong with it, I think when I watch it again I will figure it out, but for now this comedy was pretty funny. I do recommend it if you want to see Eddie Murphy in a movie where he is actually funny and being his normal self that he became known for.