Almost as if they didn't want to bother

Rating: 3/10 (23 January 2006)

Ocean's Eleven came across like a loose, fun affair but with a tightly-wound plot and twists that you actually cared about and seemed clever. This movie, the twists show up, but by the time they get there, it's almost as if they couldn't be bothered to really stage them effectively or really had any desire to make you care about them. If the filmmakers don't care about what they're doing, why should we? The movie is so detached it's almost like a camera was pointed at the actors and they just improvised the entire thing. In addition, most of the actors are completely wasted. Carl Reiner's character is at least forced to the sidelines intentionally - by him saying he wants out - but Bernie Mac disappears for half the film, and basically nobody makes an impression perhaps save for Matt Damon and Brad Pitt.
Waste of time.