WHAT WAS THAT?

Rating: 6/10 (18 December 2004)

**spoilers**
Okay- throw me a bone here. I know I am not a sleuth or anything, but the average movie goer needs some help filling in the blanks from time to time.
I think Soderbergh was just a little too close to his own project.
The first act took waaaay too long. The pace was just off. I needed to see the main characters jumping ship from their current living situations within the first 10 minutes. I don't think I needed to see Benedict visiting every thief in the beginning. We already know they are caught. The beginning could have been more creative.
The story took too long to introduce the night fox. Pacing off.
But what really killed me was the reuniting of Zeta Jones and her father. PUKE. Why did he have to pretend to be dead? That was a bit much.
Someone explain to me again what happened with Damon's MOM? I missed the "clue" beforehand.
Brad Pitt...just not doing it for me. For whatever reason, I just don't believe him.
Sorry.