Nice use of 'Clair de lune'

Rating: 7/10 (28 December 2004)

Except for the "3 to 6 months later" coda, the last 5-6 minutes of the movie is edited so that it's choreographed to a plush orchestration of Debussy's ultra-romantic "Clair de lune" piano piece. Very nice little tour de force by Soderbergh, and makes up for the emotional chemistry that doesn't really exist between Clooney and Roberts. One critic famously described how "Clair de lune" evokes fountains rising majestically in the moonlight, and that's exactly what we see as our heroes gather to contemplate what they've done. (Not that there isn't something a bit phallic about that particular shot as well - there is, I'm just choosing not dwelling on it here!)
What about the rest of the movie? A nice genre exercise by Soderbergh, who seems to be able to do just about anything with a movie camera.