This is not a masterpiece and it does not shake the art of Cinema, but it is a very nice movie which flows fast and does not leave you empty. All other actors were also very good, specially Jeffrey Dean Morgan, whom I do not mean to reduce to a "mix of Javier Bardem and Bruce Willis", but he does indeed remember me of both. With a star-studded ensemble cast, Tower Heist, on a production budget of 80 Million, climbed to 152.9 million in worldwide box office earnings, according to Box Office Mojo. It's the kind of story where the executives at a pitch meeting feel they're being bludgeoned over the head with box-office dollars. Directed by Brett Ratner, the film follows a group of employees led by Ben Stiller who plot to steal from a wealthy businessman. He can select what to do, and if at the beginning of the movie I thought "why did you accept to do once again an over-the-top sort of gangster which you did 10000 times and adds nothing more to your repertoire?", now I am sure that he accepted this role because he believed in it, as I do now too. The movie is broad and clumsy, and the dialogue cannot be described as witty, but a kind of grandeur creeps into the screenplay by Ted Griffin and Jeff Nathanson. So, De Niro is surely not one of those actors who have to accept any role just to survive. It may seem the "same" gangster stuff with his moves and faces we all know well, but it is also different, deeper, wider. Director: Brett Ratner Release Date: Novem Studio(s): Universal Pictures Distributor(s): Universal Pictures Cast: Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy . Tower Heist - Sneaking the Car: Josh (Ben Stiller) finds Shaws secret ledger.BUY THE MOVIE. I may be biased 'cause De Niro has always been my favourite actor, but I believe he accepted this role because it is indeed a nice variation on the theme.
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