Much ado about nothing.

Rating: 5/10 (27 June 2002)

For all it's bombast, OCEAN'S ELEVEN really isn't much of a film. Granted, it's slick. And there are some fine actors in it. But seriously, who cares? The Rat Pack original wasn't all that great to begin with, but at least its wit was somewhat ironic. The updated version gives one the sense of a bunch of fine craftsmen just playing around, wasting time and having fun. And maybe they did have fun, but I certainly didn't. These are supposed to be the best creative talents working in Hollywood today. Shouldn't we expect something a little bit more substantial from them? The tagline says that you're either in or you're out. Well, if Soderbergh and company are supposed to be the future of American film making and this is the best they could come up with, I guess you can count me out.