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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : Serious pianists sometimes pound out a little honky-tonk, just for fun. That's like what Steven Soderbergh is doing in ''Ocean's Eleven.'' This is a standard genre picture, a remake of the 1960 Frank Sinatra caper, and Soderbergh, who usually aims higher, does it as a sort of lark. It's slick, all right: directors this good don't usually handle material this routine. It has yearnings above its natural level, as if hoping to redeem itself and metamorphose into a really good movie. more...
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3/4
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www.themoviechicks.com - : Danny Ocean (George Clooney) hasn't even been out of prison for 24 hours before he's planning the biggest heist in Las Vegas history. He can't do it alone, so he puts together a team of specialists with the help of a real pro, Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt). Linus (Matt Damon) is the rookie who is a master pickpocket; the Basher (Don Cheadle) is an explosives expert, and the Malloy brothers (Casey Affleck, Scott Caan) handle the getaway as well as odd jobs that require quick-change artists. more...
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4.5/
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www.filmthreat.com - : With ''Ocean's Eleven,'' Soderbergh has said that he wanted to ''make a movie that has no desire except to give you pleasure from beginning to end.'' Had he even halfway succeeded in his goal, the film would have been worthwhile; that he comes so close to completely succeeding (alas, the buzz is a bit blunted by the film going on a scene longer than really needed) illustrates the rare sense of near-total satisfaction that ''Ocean's Eleven'' offers--and just how on top of his game Soderbergh is. more...
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4.5/
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