Monkey-Plex Review: FILM: Ocean's Eleven

FILM: Ocean's Eleven 2.5 monkeys

Feh. It looks nice, it has the right soundtrack, but for me, wasn't nearly snappy or clever enough. I mean, you've got all the star power in the world, and I felt like too often, they weren't letting these stars (Julia, George, Brad, etc.) do their thing. Is it wrong for me to think this movie would have been better if it was a little more like The Cannonball Run? For some strange reason, that's the kind of fun tone which I thought was missing from this movie. The procedural aspect of the film was done better in last summer's The Score. The fun caper element wasn't as fun or caperish as it needed to be. Instead, you get a perfectly pleasant and utterly unchallenging diversion, with few surprises, a wasted surplus of super star power, and what has to be considered a missed opportunity.

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Sad, sad, sad... This movies apparent strength turned out to be its biggest weakness. With so much talent on tap, the script seemed to let them all down. It seemed like every actor other than Clooney needed just a little more screentime to really fill out their character. In the end I was more impressed by the trailer.

Posted by Ryan Rowe @ 07/07/2002 08:07 PM PST

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