If you were forced, gun to your head, to watch a Ben Stiller movie, you should still pick Madagascar. But this isn't a terrible alternate.When rich asshole Artie Shaw (Alan Alda) loses all the Tower Apartments employees' pensions in illegal trades, apartment manager Josh Kovacs (Ben Stiller) takes it personally. He discovers from the investigating FBI agent (Tea Leoni) that they have not recovered $20 million of Shaw's and believe it to be hidden somewhere in his apartment. Kovacs pulls together a team of former and current employees and residents to help him break into the penthouse and discover Shaw's hidden millions in an effort to recompense all the swindled employees.
It's not the worst heist movie I've ever seen but it's certainly not the best. It mostly wastes an A-list cast on a mediocre story and relies overmuch on Stiller being charming. You deserve better.
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