The best of Oceans'

Rating: 8/10 (9 September 2010)

I've just re-watched Ocean's 11, 12 (forwarding all the time) and 13 and the last is definitely the best with me. One doesn't look for much sense in a heist movie as long as it is funny and entertaining which O13 sure is. The plot is rather unbelievable, from drilling an underground tunnel in Vegas with the Chunnel machines to ripping a secure glass showcase out of heavy-duty concrete base. With a helicopter, yeah. So far it is all fantasy but a very cute one. The heist scheme is partly revealed althrough the preparation but the viewer doesn't get the whole picture and has to puzzle it out up to the very end. That's enough to keep you on throughout the movie, with some very funny moments here and there, and the whole cast's very good acting. The Mexican episodes were superb.
I also unexpectedly liked the absence of female characters save Barkin's Abbie cougar, or any sappy romance (as much as I enjoy Catherine Zeta-Jones and tolerate Roberts). Thank to that absence we have a cool, funny, resolute team in which everyone has more or less equal importance to the watcher, and their camaraderie is warm and easy. No one steals the show.
This movie is a keeper. 'Nuff said!