Amazingly Slick.

Rating: 8/10 (20 January 2002)

The actors are slick. The heist is slick. The costuming is slick. In fact, this whole movie is just, well, slick. What can you expect from a remake of a Rat Pack film?
George Clooney can only play affable crooks well. Look at O Brother, Where Art Thou. Look at Out of Sight. Look at From Dusk Til Dawn. All affable criminals, and all excellent. On the other hand, look at that travesty of a Batman movie, and see how George Clooney can really only play one role.
Fortunately, this movie has him in that role once more. And it's smashing.
The amount of male eye candy in this movie is astounding. At least three of the leads are extremely attractive. Men are less fortunate. Julia Roberts's upper lip is larger than her lower lip, which I've never noticed before; I can't help wondering about possible collagen implants. She plays a snotty little wench in this movie, without much character development, but then this movie isn't about the characters.
It's about The Heist, like all heist movies are. The mechanics of this one put some other movies of this type to shame, but it's all very slick. You never really worry about whether they'll pull it off, but seeing exactly how they do it is just as fun anyway.
Don't miss this one; it's extremely well-crafted, like all Soderbergh's pictures are.