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Tower Heist

Movie · 2011 · 105 min

A breezy, star-powered caper that mixes light laughs with a blue-collar revenge fantasy, easy to enjoy without much thought.

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2011 heist comedy film directed by Brett Ratner
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Year
2011
Runtime
105 min
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • revenge
  • friendship
  • greed
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

Details

Genres
comedy, heist
Directed by
Brett Ratner
Written by
Jeff Nathanson, Ted Griffin
Starring
Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller, Casey Affleck, Kate Upton, Matthew Broderick, Alan Alda, Téa Leoni, Michael Peña
Music
Christophe Beck
Cinematography
Dante Spinotti
Runtime
105 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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