Contrived, just another pretty face

Rating: 7/10 (9 December 2001)

You should see the old Rat Pack version of Oceans 11, since it certainly stands a chance of being better than the new one. I've never been a fan of George Cloony, but I'll admit that I liked him better in Oceans 11 than in anything else so far. I usually like Brad Pitt, but his performance, along with that of Matt Damon's, was less than noteworthy. Julia Roberts was entirely inappropriate for the supposedly-dazzling "ex-wife" role, as she was most definitely not dazzling. The whole technical aspects of robbing the casinos were interesting, but not enough to support the entire film as much of it was contrived and unplausible. The most-redeeming factor about the film was its reasonably good reversal at the end. While it was no Usual Suspects, the reversal surprised and entertained me.