Did I miss something?

Rating: Null/10 (28 March 2006)

Did I hear the plot correctly? Yes, the camaraderie was charming, and yes, the stars obviously enjoy working together. I agree with everyone that the script was convoluted and the movie contained none of the cohesion of Ocean's 11. And yes, the dialogue was witty and contained a lot of subtle jokes. But there's a big problem. Part of the enjoyment of seeing a caper movie is seeing the thieves get a bunch of money. So here's my problem: The cast spends the first part of the movie counting up how much of the original stolen money they haven't spent so that they can give it back to Terry Benedict, and then spends the rest of the movie trying to steal just enough money to make up the difference. (Review the math and you'll see what I mean: they're trying to steal 90-plus million, but they owe Terry 160-plus million.) Huh? So, in the end, even if they are successful, they have no money left? Great! How satisfying. "Hooray! We're poor, but we're not dead!" And then why do they end the movie playing cards? What are they playing for -- macaroni?