Tower Heist – review

Alan Alda is at his creepily dislikable best as a rich Wall Street figure whose lowliest employees seek revenge after he has swindled them out of their pensions and life savings. The movie takes half an hour to get going, the heist of the fraudster's hidden cash coincides with Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York, and it's all rather less fun than it might have been due to some poor timing. The crime's mastermind, Ben Stiller, is much funnier than the professional crook (Eddie Murphy) he hires to assist, and the Italian cinematographer Dante Spinotti does an excellent job on Manhattan in the fall.