Non-story

Rating: 1/10 (9 September 2010)

Having just rewatched this along with O11 and O13 I decided to throw in another no-go. Such a shame of a movie can not be underrated.
Setting aside unnecessary self-references etc it has one major fault - there is no heist and no story. Instead we get a messy lot of events and circumstances that don't come together, the puzzle pieces never combine into the picture. And in the end we are told it was just another picture! well, we must have been seeing another movie, apparently. I wish I would.
The lovestory between Rusty and Zeta-Jones character looks moderately promising at first but again in the end it just gets twisted stupidely and abruptly, only to hit the most hackneyed cliché you can imagine. Out of the blue, too.
The acting is not bad nor outstanding, with the exception of Matt Damon who has greatly improved since O11 and has in fact the most interesting and funny scenes in the movie, and the brilliant Vincent Cassel who managed to make an enjoyable part out of the rather stupid and contrived character. Too bad it's just wasted in this crap. I was also impressed by the actress playing the small role of Linus' mom (can't recollect her name). But this couldn't help either.
I guess it's too late to say Don't go see it but if you consider renting or buying just don't. It's not worth even pressing play button.