Letter To Steven Soderbergh

Rating: 7/10 (8 December 2001)

Dear Steven,
Please quit putting Julia Roberts in all your movies. She's not THAT great. I realize she is the most famous movie star in the world and the studios love her bankability.....but. You know better. Come on......she was not right for the Oceans 11 role. It should have been a woman with more grace, say...Catherine Zeta Jones. Julia is a little too rough around the edges. She plays a hooker well and a single mom of three....a street walking cinderella, if you will.
I love George Clooney. You have my permission to use him in every movie you do for the rest of your life. Okay. Maybe only roles he is best suited for. So far so good. You also could have cast Tom Cruise in that role. That would have been pretty good. He's smart, sexy and very likeable.
Brad Pitt....egh. Not bad, not great either. Matt Damon....ROCKS. Andy Garcia....ROCKS. The Guy who played the card dealer rocked. Cheadle....what was up with the unnecessary accent? Affleck & the other young guy: HILARIOUS. Sometimes less is more. Good job with them. Elliott Gould: I love this guy! Carl Reiner: How cute.
This movie was cute. Entertaining, predictable and cute. Now, if you excuse me, I have an itch to scratch...it's called OUT OF SIGHT.
7/10