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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Big cast, Big hit!, 10 Aug 2003
By A Customer
'Ocean's Eleven' is a stylish, cinematic delight. Merely from the all too familiar/famous cast list a would be viewer can appreciate the pure genius the directors must have to create a film that attracts the superb acting abilities of the likes of Julie Roberts, Andy Garcia and Brad Pitt. The story line involves twists and turns, coinsidences and a need to pay attention to the little details all of which make the film far more captivating than your average mind numbing films.
The class and richness of Las Vegas is all captured in the bright casino halls and the costume design all adding to the overall enjoyment.The cast and director commentary featured on the DVD edition gives the viewer a chance to go beyond merely what they see on the screen. They allow an insight into not only the making of the film but the rapport that is clearly present between the cast and crew. There is something quite surreal abour listening to Brad Pitt and Matt Damon reminice about their time on set! 'Ocean's Eleven' is a film well worth viewing more than once, if only to pick up on small, yet often vital, details missed the first time around.
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ocean's Eleven - The best crew!, 2 Dec 2003
George Clooney is the protagonist in Steven Soderbergh's improved version of the amazing (and more serious than this) film of the 1960's, directed by Lewis Milestone, starring Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford.
In this new version, Clooney is Danny Ocean, an ex - convict, accused for frauds and schemes. He is now released from Prison, and decides to rob three of Las Vegas's largest and wealthiest casinos, the Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand, owned by Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), who now has a relationship with Ocean's ex-wife Tess (Julia Roberts).
With the help of his old friend Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), he gathers a crew of 11 people to help him rob in one night all three casinos, a plan never accomplished by any man: 1) Frank Catton (Bernie Mac), 2) Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), 3) Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould), inventor of the casino security systems and huge enemy of Terry Benedict, 4) Virgil Malloy (Casey Affleck) and 5) Turk Malloy (Scott Caan), twin brothers, 6) Livingston Dell (Eddie Jemison), electronics expert and qurrently working for the FBI, 7) Basher Tarr (Don Cheadle), explotions - munitions expert, 8) Yen (Shaobo Qin), "the grease man", 9) Saul Bloom (Carl Reiner), and 10) Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon), son of one of Ocean's best friends, plus 11) Danny Ocean (George Clooney), who is the 11th member and leader of the crew.
Ocean explains them his plan, smart enough but practically impossible to break the security system. So, they decide that the big night will be a night where a very important boxing game will be taking place, when the vault will be containing over $163 million.
On the dvd, you will find the following extra features: a) cast & crew list, b) behind the scenes footage, c) cast commentary (quite interesting actually), and d) filmmakers commentary.
After you watch this this movie, you will definetily want to visit Las Vegas, if you haven't done it yet!
All in all, with a cast like this one, what else could anybody ask for? Great Saturday night movie, and an excellent selection for your collection!
Five stars, no second thought!!!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nothing is cooler than this., 2 Mar 2004
By A Customer
As with many of this director's works, this film is all about being cool; George Clooney is cool, Brad Pitt is cool, they wear cool clothes and do cool things. There's nothing else to it; its's cool. However, it's also a very good movie to boot, and a definite improvement on the Ratpack original. The casting is impressive, with a number of A-list stars and competent support (George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Andy Garcia, Matt Damon, and Don Cheadle), and they each play their parts well (not to mention being cool). The heroes are rogueish, the villain is suitably snide and smug, and the action is entertaining. It won't go down as a classic, but it's a very enjoyable, and cool, couple of hours.
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