Smooth

Rating: 8/10 (10 December 2001)

"Ocean's Eleven" was fun, well-oiled, and smooth--like silk on glass. I'm not sure the actual *heist* logistics were completely intact--but I really didn't care. It seemed believable enough, and I didn't get bogged down (and frankly, bored) with minutia the way I did while watching "The Score."
What is to be enjoyed about this film is its perfect finesse, its thoughtful dialogue, its excellent timing, and its numerous comedic bonuses (hats off to Affleck and Caan). There is a certain elegance about this film that I appreciated--no bullet holes, blood, or violence--yet it managed a real sense of suspense and climactic thrill without them. Refreshing.
This film had class; it didn't tell you that it did, it showed you how it's done.