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Ocean's Eleven

Thriller. Mystery Danny Ocean is a thief who has just been paroled from prison. He seeks out his partner, Rusty and he has a job. And it is to rob the vault that houses the cash of three casinos in Las Vegas. And he plans to rob it on a night when 150 million is in it. So they recruit nine guys and they begin to put Ocean's plan in motion. Everything is going well until Rusty discovers that Ocean's ex-wife, Tess is the main squeeze of Terry Benedict the ... [+]
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Variety
Variety
"A lark for everybody concerned, including the audience (...) this lightweight caper doesn't take itself seriously and hardly expects the viewer to do so either"  POS
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
"A champagne bubble of a movie, lively, effervescent and diverting"  POS
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
"It didn't shake me up and I wasn't much involved, but I liked it as a five-finger exercise (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"  POS
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USA Today
USA Today
"Despite dashes of droll dialogue from screenwriter Ted Griffin, the remake aims for cool but instead gets chilly (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"  POS
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The New York Observer
The New York Observer
"It's extremely confusing, but you quickly learn to ignore the details and just watch the glam cast have fun"  POS
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Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader
"A pretty good caper comedy for 11-year-old boys -- 'heist thriller' would make it sound too ambitious" NEU
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Miami Herald
Miami Herald
"There is considerable pleasure to be had watching a Hollywood formula crowd-pleaser, no matter how irreverent, that's been made with intelligence, wit and style"  POS
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
"[It's] made with so much wit and brains and dazzle and virtuosity that the sheer speed and cleverness of the caper hits you like a shot of pure oxygen" POS
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The Wall Street Journal
"Depends on comic timing so precise that it seems weightless and all but effortless. And it depends on performers, of course, who can do a comic turn just as readily as a deft writer can turn a phrase" POS
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post
"Sleek, well-muscled and brisk, director Steven Soderbergh's newest offering delivers just about everything anyone could possibly want from filmed entertainment -- except deep thought." POS
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Boston Globe
Boston Globe
"It's slick, sleek, and stylish, and if it doesn't quite redefine cool, it certainly offers a snazzy update." POS
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LA Weekly
LA Weekly
"The most purely entertaining movie to come out of Hollywood so far this year, and if that doesn't seem worthy of Soderbergh's talents, it's worthy enough for a night's amusement" POS
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The New York Times
The New York Times
"Soderbergh rallies a seismic jolt of enthusiasm, and the movie is an elating blaze of flair and pride"  POS
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