It's NOT a heist movie

Rating: 9/10 (6 April 2006)

It's a con movie, and the two are VASTLY different. This film is much closer to "Ronin" or "The Sting" than either "Ocean's Eleven" or "Topkapi"
There's a specific comedic plot point that people thought was stupid and/or over the top. but that's the beauty of what Soderburgh was trying to do here - a wink to the audience to say,"Hey, THIS IS A MOVIE." Modern American tastes have been so conditioned to the hyper-realistic that the self-reflexive nature of this film will be lost on many.
Quite simply, this is an art-house intellectual comedy with the gloss and A-List stars of Hollywood. It's a completely DIFFERENT movie in every respect from Ocean's Eleven, which makes it work. Definitely worth seeing twice, if only to catch the little details.