Tower Heist

Get Showtimes + Tickets

  • Opened November 4, 2011 
  • 1 hr 45 min
  • PG-13 | Language and sexual content

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 14+. More on child suitability

  • Queens native Josh Kovacs (Ben Stiller) has managed one of the most luxurious and well-secured residences in New York City for more than a decade. Under his watchful eye, nothing goes undetected. In the swankiest unit atop Josh’s building, Wall Street titan Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda) is under house arrest after being caught stealing two billion from his investors. The hardest hit among those he defrauded? The tower staffers whose pensions he was entrusted to manage. With only days before Arthur gets away with the perfect crime, Josh’s crew turns to petty crook Slide (Eddie Murphy) to plan the nearly impossible…to steal what they are sure is hidden in Arthur’s guarded condo. Though amateurs, these rookie thieves know the building better than anyone. Turns out they’ve been casing the place for years, they just didn’t know it. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick
  • Director: Brett Ratner
  • Genres: Comedy

What's the Buzz?

Go
Fans say Go
1,715 fans
Read fan reviews
So-so
Critics say So-So
59 out of 100
Read critic reviews
Write your own review

Fan Reviews

Go
Tower Heist: B

by MattH306

Far from perfect, but worth the price of admission....

Go
It is worth seeing!!!

by NubianGoddess

I had low expectations for this film, because Eddie Murphy has not made a good film in awhile, but I was really impressed. This was a good movie!...

Go
Tower Heist kept us laughing from start to finish

by pop-corn-enthusiast

I saw a preview of Tower Heist a couple of weeks ago, I imagine that the final editing might cut a few scenes. I love to laugh and never expect plausible scripts from a comedy, I'm in it for the...

Read more fan reviews

Critic Reviews

88
New York Post
| Kyle Smith

This movie doesn't get huffy, it gets laughs. Read full review

80
The Hollywood Reporter
| Todd McCarthy

A smoothly engineered crowd pleaser. Read full review

75
Boston Globe
| Wesley Morris

Smoothly made and smart enough. It's not going for too much, but I laughed a lot. Read full review

70
Movieline
| Stephanie Zacharek

Tower Heist is overstuffed with actors, and yet Ratner manages to give each of them one or two good moments. Read full review

Read more critic reviews

Offers

Photos

Ben Stiller as Josh Kovacs, Matthew Broderick as Chase Fitzhugh, Michael Pe?a as Rick Malloy, Casey Affleck as Cole Howard and Eddie Murphy as Slide in ``Tower Heist.''