Nice to see some class and style in Hollywood

Rating: 8/10 (10 June 2007)

After seemingly endless movies about torture and depravity, it's nice to see some class and style re-injected into the Hollywood film. "Ocean's 13" recaptures the style and charisma in the first film and maybe even brings a bit of the style of the Rat Pack back into the picture.
O.K., so it's vacuous, materialistic and lacks substance...we know that going in, so it's simply a measure of style, sophistication and humor. This movie has all that, in spades (it had to be said.) The latest installment of "Oceans" is witty and charming and even self-referential without having to try and overtly re-create successful scenes from the previous films.
Pacino makes a much better heavy than Andy Garcia, who reprises his role as the nemesis/wanna-be member of Ocean's gang.