Tower Heist

11/4/11

There are a lot of reasons to suspect Tower Heist may be the latest overly engineered star-vehicle that seriously screws up a beloved beloved genre for a new generation of fans. There are occasional moments of excessive seriousness (all involving Ben Stiller). Plus a few spots where things threaten to stall. But in the end it's an entertaining romp that's worth a look. I know - I couldn't believe it either. Almost makes me want to go double or nothing next week with the new Adam Sandler flick. Hey, I said almost....

As improbably ended as many such flicks Tower Heist was still pretty satisfying. All in all I think it's worth checking out if you want something light with a slight fuck the system flavor (which seems in the spirit of the times). My full review can be read over at Three Imaginary Girls. Oh, and if dedicated to hating the film my pal Brent has a really different take over at Beyond Hollywood.

The only question I remaining about the film is what Roman Polanski co tributes to earn a thanks in the end credits ... Anyone?

1 comments:

Randall Flagg said...: About the Polanski comment, I saw this movie in the theater and thought the same thing. That is how I would up here, by the way. It turns out as near as I can tell, Ratner showed an early copy of Tower Heist to Polanski and Polanski showed Ratner an early copy of Carnage in return. Then they went out and sodomized some 11 year old girls together or something.

One other weird thing I noticed in the credits. Stiller plays an everyman New Yorker. Yet he had 4 assistants and a driver for the movie. What, he couldn't get it in his contract to have a fifth assistant just to wipe his ass?; 6:28 AM