Good braindead entertainment...

Rating: 9/10 (9 December 2001)

I'm going to have to say that this is probably the first remake that is actually better than the original. Vastly modernized and improved on, this film has a depth to it that the original sorely lacked. The cast is great and everyone did a wonderful job. The interaction between Clooney and Pitt was great, they really feed off each other well.
The movie has a lot of funny moments in it and the dialogue was well written. Technically speaking the film isn't anything special, there isn't anything new with how it was shot or lit, but that's ok because this type of film doesn't require fancy shots or the like.
This film is good braindead entertainment, doesn't really require you to think too much while watching it but at the same time it doesn't spoon feed anything to you and insult your intelligence. This movie has great appeal acrossed several generations of people who go see movies, the cast also includes Carl Reiner, one of the greats of comedy.
Nothing in this film is Oscar caliber, but it's a great movie to just sit back and enjoy.