Oceans Twelve Good But With Some Flaws

Rating: 7/10 (18 June 2009)

Oceans Twelve is another good caper film but with some flaws. It's not as good as the first one but the movie isn't that bad either. The all star ensemble cast makes it worth seeing though including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, the late Bernie Mac and Julia Roberts are still great in their roles not matter how big or small their part is in the movie. Also returning from the original are Carl Reiner, Scott Caan, Casey Affleck, Eddie Jamison, and Elliot Gould. Catherine Zeta Jones joins the cast along with Vincent Cassel, Robbie Coltrane, and Eddie Izzard are effective as the supporting characters in their limited screen time. Like the original it's best not to know too much about this one because there's some surprises in store for anyone who watches it. I wasn't as impressed with this one as I was with the other one but Ocean's Twelve is still worth seeing at least once. The film still seemed to be juggling too many characters and the pacing was slow at times again but the good outweighs the bad in this one. Overall despite it's flaws Ocean's Twelve still has an intricate plot, humor, drama, surprises, and exceptional performances by the whole cast but this sequel could've been a little better.