Was it supposed to make you ill?

Rating: 1/10 (5 February 2004)

I can think of few films I hated more in the last couple of years than this one. It was sappy, fluffy, predictable, unoriginal, uninspired, unimaginative, claptrap! Hmmm, what did I leave out? Of course, fans of the movie will say it is emulating the original "Rat Pack" product. I suppose they are right, because that film was poor as well. Is it an accomplishment when you remake a bad film badly? So why remake it? Uhh, so Brad Pitt and George Clooney can try to be suave? Yeah, I guess so. It certainly was not to let Julia Roberts display her acting prowess, this is a phoned in performance all the way (poor Julia, she wanted to look cool as well). No, this was a Steven Soderbergh ego trip. A way for him to say "look at me!" I looked, and I have the same impression that I have had after viewing all of his films. He is Jerry Bruckheimer with a few more IQ points. By the way, that is not a compliment.