Stylish and highly entertaining

Rating: 8/10 (30 April 2017)

Ocean's Eleven (2001) is one of the more stylish and most elegantly filmed movies from its time. This film may well be the best of the franchise, in terms of overall plot, style, substance, and entertaining factor. Although Ocean's Thirteen is quite well made. All the actors play their roles well, lead by George Clooney as the title character, as well as Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Andy Garcia. The pacing of the film is solid as everything appears to be there, and with a large cast, we are to see them all perform. Director Steven Soderbergh seemed to have fun making this movie. He shot this film very intimately often allowing the camera to stay close on the actors a tad longer than expected which lets their personas shine through their personalities draw you into the movie as much as the caper itself. It's not often you see a movie where the direction has as much wit and cleverness as the plot itself. All together, Ocean's Eleven makes no pretense to be something other than a clever heist movie.