rating:
(out of
4 stars)United States, Australia; 2001
Directed by Steven Soderbergh; produced by Jerry Weintraub; screenplay by Ted Griffin
Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Carl Reiner, Elliott Gould, Scott Caan, Eddie Jamison, Shaobo Qin, Joshua Jackson, Topger Grace
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
'Ocean's Eleven' is a movie that delivers. You get everything you expect and
therefore this is one of the most entertaining movies I have seen. Since the
movie is directed by Steven Soderbergh ('Out of Sight', 'Traffic') and it is
starring great Hollywood stars like George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon
and Julia Roberts together with supporting roles from Andy Garcia, Elliott
Gould, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Carl Reiner and Don Cheadle it
is not strange this movie is so entertaining.
The main story is about eleven guys, with leader Danny Ocean (Clooney), who
want to rob three casinos owned by Terry Benedict (Garcia). Ocean's second
man is Ryan (Pitt) and Reuben (Elliott Gould) is the guy who supports this
job financially. He has a thing against Benedict. The second story deals
with Tess (Roberts). She is with Benedict now but used to be married to
Danny. Where the movie is all about the casinos at first it seems that
stealing Tess from Benedict is a second job that must be pulled at the same
time.
How the men try to rob the casinos I will not reveal. That it is possibly
impossible doesn't matter because it seems ingenious anyway. All actors play
their part as they should do it. Especially Clooney and Pitt give a natural
charm to their characters. The movie is funny and exciting, never boring. A
great remake from the original Rat Pack movie from 1960, highly recommended
for an entertaining evening.