Studio executives summary / pitch
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| Eye
popping starfest having a great time. Please help pay for it by paying to see
this movie.
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Short plot
summary |
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Danny Ocean
(George Clooney) is a con man just out of prison. To get at Terry Benedict (Andy
Garcia), who is 'with' Danny's (ex-?) wife Tess (Julia Roberts), Ocean plans a
three casino $160mn heist of Benedict's properties. Ocean
collects together a team for the heist - including Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt) and
Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon) - they plan an audacious raid of Benedict's casinos
on a big money fight night (apparently, by law, all Vegas casinos must have money
in the vaults to cover all of the chips in the casino). |
Rating |
| 12+.
Not suitable for the hard of hearing, the socially excluded and the poor. Some
hair styles may cause offense. |
What our
panel of critics thought |
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"One
of those movies better to act in than to watch." "Not
the most gripping of movies. It's more of a wallpaper movie - one to have on the
widescreen with the sound down when you're having a good bitch with your friends.""No
doubt this was an awesome gigglefest for the actors from start to finish. You
can actually see them about to crack up at times, but the editors cut away or
the actors hold on somehow. Oh what fun to be a multi-squilianaire and to play
like this for that money.""I
do hope they were massively over-paid for appearing in this movie.""The
second worst England-English accent in Hollywood history (the guy who causes the
power cut). Thank the Lord he never sang Chim chimery. I want my money back. ""I
love the Elvis Presley 'Little less conversation remix' unfortunately there is
one of the worst music edits I have ever heard of it in this movie.""Is
Lennox Lewis actually in that ring? Me thinks 'tis.""Does
Brad Pitt ever stop eating in this movie?" |
Please
tell me the ending
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| They
steal the money. Ocean, however, gets caught, he goes back to prison for 6 months.
He seems to have got his wife back by the end, though, as they drive off into
the distance. |
What
snack should I eat while watching this movie? |
| A
bag of crisps on the hoof. |
Could this
be made more cheaply? |
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Yes. Fewer high
paid stars would be a start, however in reality the weak plot needs them. To
be honest, the movie is really only watchable because of the banter between the
millionaire Hollywood actors, and the publicity they can give the project. |
Could this
film be improved with more homosexuality? |
| More
pink cushions and actors saying 'fab' would help. |
Are there
enough false limbs in this movie? |
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Sadly
not: a missed opportunity. |
How funny
is this film? |
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Not
as good as Snatch but in
the same styling. Never rises much above in-jokey. |
What
can I take from this movie to make me a better person?
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| You're
in the wrong business. You don't get paid enough, you'll never be paid as much
as the actors did for having this much fun. Even
you can do a better England-English actor than the
guy in this movie. |
How much
would you pay for a copy of this movie in goods? |
| A
$1 Casino chip. |
Other comments
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| In
theory an interesting movie, in fact it leaves you wanting more. Robbing
a casino is clearly a technically challenging marvel, but this movie does not
really capture this; we fell to sleep, not really caring for the characters who,
in any case, we have all seen naked in pictures on the internet before. |
Date
of this review |
| October
19 , 2002 |