52 out of 60 people found the following review helpful:

Ocean of froth

klauski from west sussex, 6th August, 2004

Probably not a lot of point in criticising this one, but I found it a lukewarm version of "Mission Impossible", with some very annoying macho characters.

Maybe Sinatra and his boozy, misogynistic rat pack companions were the height of cool when the original was made over 50 years ago, but times have (thankfully) changed.

Julia Roberts - referred to at one point as another character's "worldly goods" or some such - cannot alone compensate for the bloke-ish posturing of the over-rated Brad Pitt.

And what's more, it's really boring.

Think I'll give Ocean's 12 a miss.

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18 out of 22 people found the following review helpful:

superb..................

williamsgwynfa from , 14th June, 2007

this film is superb... George Clooney is Danny Ocean, an ex -convict who was jailed on fraud charges. He is now released from Prison, and decides to rob three of Las Vegas's largest and wealthiest casinos, the Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand, owned by Terry Benedict played by Andy Garcia, who now has a relationship with Ocean's ex-wife Tess, played by Julia Roberts. With the help of his old friend Rusty Ryan, played by Brad Pitt, Danny gathers together a crew of 11 people, to help him rob in one night all three casinos, a plan never accomplished by any man. the crew are: 1) Frank Catton (Bernie Mac), 2) Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), 3) Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould), inventor of the casino security systems and huge enemy of Terry Benedict, 4) Virgil Malloy (Casey Affleck) 5) Turk Malloy (Scott Caan), twin brothers, 6) Livingston Dell (Eddie Jemison), electronics expert and currently working for the FBI, 7) Basher Tarr (Don Cheadle), explotions - munitions expert, 8) Yen (Shaobo Qin), 'the grease man', 9) Saul Bloom (Carl Reiner), 10) Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon), who is the son of one of Ocean's best friends, plus 11) Danny Ocean (George Clooney), who is the 11th member and the leader of the crew. Danny explains his plan to the crew, but although the plan is very clever, it is going to be virtually impossible to break the security system. So, they decide that the big robbery night will be the night, where a very important boxing game will be taking place, when the vault will be containing over $163 million dollars. do they succeed? watch this fantastic film to find out.

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12 out of 13 people found the following review helpful:

Slick

imran from , 1st August, 2004

This is simply a good old fashioned heist movie with something you just don't in this era of inflated pay cheques and that's an all-star cast. Everyone looks great and looks like they are having a great time. This film isn't going to win any awards for doing anything deep and meaningful but it is a complex and exciting robbery and it does manage to give all the actors a chance even though screen time is at a premium. I'm not sure what the Rat-pack would have thought of this film but they probably would have given everyone a pat on the back for the effort.

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12 out of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1 in a Million$

SEANP from kent, 19th October, 2003

This is a great re-make of an old classic. It is packed full of big names, with big talent. With so many brilliant actors in one film it is hard to say who was best, as they all played there parts admirably. Although saying that, ‘Clooney’ and ‘Pitt’ together were dynamite.
There are lots of little twists and turns that keep you guessing about what is going on. A very strong story and cast make this film a must-see, whatever type of film you like.

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Action thriller

A Customer from Leven, 30th January, 2010

I thought this film was good but of a similar pattern to many that fall in the genre of action movies. I was not as taken with it as some friends who recommended it.

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Ocean's Eleven

Felicia from , 4th December, 2009

Cracking. Pure brilliance from end to end.

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Las Vegas

Nozzie from , 2nd November, 2009

Only watched this because I was going to Vegas, I lost interest part of the way through, too much like a 'boys' film

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Brief synopsis/teaser and comment

FestiveLady from from Northumberland, England, 24th October, 2009

With the aid of fellow-con artists and thieves, Danny Ocean decides to steal mega-millions from the casinos of the man who stole his wife (now ex-wife). Fair trade? No, Danny also wants to win her back. But the vault has impossible-to-break security, and his ex-wife doesn't want to see him. Will he be able to manage to win either one of his objectives? And what happens when he has to choose between them? 2001 re-make of the 1960 film starring Frank Sinatra. Enjoyable but not very memorable. Eleven in the heist gang is too many, so scant air time is given to each and thus characters project no depth. But the film can be enjoyed instead for its glamorous casino set, and watching the conflict between Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia) and Danny Ocean (George Clooney). The heist plan is clever, like a locked room mystery mixed with 'The Sting' and a long episode of 'Mission: Impossible'. (Some plot twists are predictable, but don't give up - there's plenty.) The film really only takes off once the heist starts as, to keep to the gang's timetable, it requires pace. Post-heist scenes are too drawn out, and the film ends rather flat. It'd been snappier if it had ended sooner, on one of the high moments.

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