Oceans Thirteen


Rating = C-

Roger Ebert's review of this movie is correct. Traditionally, in heist movies the audience is brought into the picture about how the heist is supposed to happen. But in this movie no one but the characters in the movie knows the plan, and they change the plan in the blink of any eye, no matter what the stated cost and with no apparent effort. The movie is completely silly (not to mention totally contrived and without an ounce of realism), although the it looks good some of the time. I liked both of the previous two movies in this series — this episode is not in their class.

[2007-06-11]