But at times it feels so weightless that the intrigue comes more in seeing how the writer and director will wiggle out of plot predicaments than how a team of thieves will rip off Las Vegas casinos.įor Steven Soderbergh, coming off last year’s historic double whammy in which he became the only director to have two films nominated for best picture and best director, Ocean’s Eleven represents a mostly successful stylistic shift into sheer artifice, where the force of the personalities involved compels your interest. It’s a movie that demands not to be taken too seriously. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below:Ī heist movie with a serious demeanor but comic underpinnings, Ocean’s Eleven performs its grand larceny through a collection of star turns by the likes of George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle and Andy Garcia. unleashed the George Clooney-Brad Pitt version of Ocean’s Eleven, which would kick-start a franchise of star-studded heist films.
