Genre:
Comedy
Directed
by: Brett Ratner
Starring:
Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda
Running
time: 101 minutes
In
this 2011 crime comedy, Ben Stiller plays Josh Kovaks, the building manager of
a luxurious apartment building in New York City. When he realizes that he and fellow
employees were swindled out of their pension money by a wealthy businessman,
Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda), who also resides in the building, he gets a group
together to seek revenge on Shaw. Their goal is to reach Shaw’s high security
penthouse apartment and steal some money.
We
are served with quite the loaded cast here. Along with the main actors, we can
find names such as Téa Leoni and Matthew Broderick in supporting roles. Given
what the filmmakers had to work with, this comedy should have been so much
better. The main issue is that a lot of the jokes were not that funny and some
of the acting was over-the-top.
Eddie
Murphy was particularly bad, as a crook who gets enlisted by the group of
apprentice criminals, to help out in the coup they are preparing. The former SNL cast member seems to have lost his mojo when it comes to making adults laugh. Gabourey
Sidibe (Precious, The Big C) is also not very convincing with her fake Jamaican
accent. Ben Stiller is up to his usual antics and does well with it. Casey
Affleck is a non-factor, really. As for the story, it is still somewhat
compelling, in spite of the many jokes that fell flat.
OK
comedic movie, but could be easily skipped without missing much.
Rating:
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