Julia? Tess? Tess? Julia? Huh?

Rating: 4/10 (5 January 2005)

One of the things that bugs me about Ocean's 12: What's the deal with the Julia Roberts/Tess Ocean shenanigans played with by the script writer(s)? In O 12, halfway through the film a mention is made that Tess looks like Julia Roberts and maybe the gang can use it to their advantage. Then, all of a sudden everyone who sees her thinks they see Julia Roberts. If that's the case, why don't folks who see Danny Ocean say, "Hey! It's George Clooney." "Here comes Rusty." "Whadaya mean! That's Brad Pitt!" Etc. It would bother me less, I suppose, that in O 11 a Tess/Julia reference had been acknowledged. Granted, the film makers did cover their asses to some extent in the opening credits when showing the list of stars by having "Tess as Julia Roberts", but hey, c'mon...