Funky and cool star picture.

Rating: 8/10 (7 January 2002)

This is a star picture in the best sense of the words. At no point in the movie did I have the feeling that I'm watching Danny or Rusty - those were always George, Brad, Julia, Matt & Co. This would be a disaster for every other film: A movie without real characters - terrible! But here, it just feels right. I don't want to learn about Danny Ocean the character, I want to hear dialogue between Clooney and Pitt, between Clooney and Julia, between Julia and Pitt (I don't know but when they exchanged those few words, I thought they did something naughty in "The Mexican" and were now giggling about it). I want to see stars doing cool stuff to some funky music and funky editing. In a sense, that is what happened in the original Ratpack movie - and it happens here too. Just better directed.
Do I love it? No, not really, but it entertained me and I left with a big smile. That's already an achievment. And of course it gets the Brad Pitt bonus, so I come up with a ...
Rating: 8/10