Soderberg's Big Score

Rating: 10/10 (7 December 2001)

Having read other user comments, namely bams, I have to disagree on many fronts. I feel as if this is the movie we have all been waiting for this year. Soderberg did something with this piece that I was certain would not happen. He actually brought several big name Hollywood stars from many different backgrounds and actually made an ensemble. Without the chemistry, the movie very well could have died.
The script could easily been chopped and dropped with the wrong timing, character relation, or direction. But by not only introducing the audience to many different character developments, and not just limiting each character to try to relate to one another with useless banter, the movie had me wanting to know what was going to happen next.
Of course, the script did tease me into believing that it was going to be a fresh idea, the audience realizes by the end that it wasn't necessarily something they had not seen before, but it was seen in a new manner. The best part of the film was the timing. The one liners didn't break the flow up, like they very well can and do in most films. Soderberg scored a winner with this one, and glory be to this movie as I have been thoroughly disappointed in the film industry this year.