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Ocean's Eleven
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 35 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Crime
Written by:
Ted Griffin
Harry Brown and Charles Lederer (1960 screenplay)
George Clayton Johnson and Jack Golden Russell (1960 story)
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Release Date:
Theatrical: December 7, 2001
DVD: May 7, 2002
Running Time: 116 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for some language and sexual content
Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, and Andy Garcia
In this remake of the 1960 Rat Pack heist movie, Clooney plays Danny Ocean, a man of action attempting to orchestrate the most sophisticated, elaborate casino heist in history.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
It's a scrumptious and dizzy-spirited lark, a what-the-hell-let's-rob-the-casino flick 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.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Forget Oscar, Ocean's Eleven is the coolest damned thing around.
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
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. In that department, Ocean's Eleven is at least 11 times blessed.
Film Threat Michael Dequina
Soderbergh's film will be remembered less for the (inspired) star casting than for being one expertly made piece of pure, unpretentious popcorn entertainment.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
One thoroughbred of a movie. 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.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
It's slick, sleek, and stylish, and if it doesn't quite redefine cool, it certainly offers a snazzy update.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
If the new Ocean's Eleven is mostly Clooney's show, he's more than up to the task of carrying it. Indeed, this could be his career-defining role: The twinkle in his eye has never seemed more disreputable, his devil-may-care charm has never seemed so appealing, and he dominates the movie with the graceful ease of a Golden Age Hollywood star.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Rita Kempley
Soderbergh won't hit the Oscar jackpot with Ocean's Eleven, but he has come up with a stylish winner.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
A champagne bubble of a movie, lively, effervescent and diverting. If it bursts earlier than we'd like -- and it does -- that takes nothing away from the considerable pleasure it provides along the way.
Read Full Review >The New York Times A.O. Scott
Soderbergh rallies a seismic jolt of enthusiasm, and the movie is an elating blaze of flair and pride.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Manohla Dargis
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.
Read Full Review >New York Magazine Peter Rainer
The movie, in a very real sense, is about the privilege, the sexiness, of being a movie star. Certainly it isn't about the heist; never was.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
Together, they (Clooney and Gould) threaten to sneak off with the movie when Soderbergh isn't looking, sowing madness and sex appeal in their wake.
Read Full Review >Newsweek David Ansen
This time out the versatile Soderbergh has cast himself as a sleight-of-hand artist. He's made deeper films, but this carefree caper movie is nothing to sneeze at.
Variety Todd McCarthy
An all-star remake of the all-star original, Ocean's Eleven is a lark for everybody concerned, including the audience. Breezy, nonchalant and without a thing on its mind except having a little fun.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
It's a kick, it's a gas, and it gives the Rat Pack itself a run for its money.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
Soderbergh -- helms a much tighter and arguably cooler film -- even if the only thing audiences are likely to remember about this Ocean's Eleven is that, while they were watching it, they enjoyed it tremendously
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
In her byplay with Clooney, Roberts only occasionally strikes a spark. Clooney, on the other hand, generates heat.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy
It's not deep for a second -- indeed, it repels depth deliberately as if allergic to it -- but it's as swell a swell time as grown-ups could want at the movies.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
This time, the actors don't seem to be making up the movie as they go along, and they're guided by a gifted director who has earned the right to have some guileless fun.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
The movie tells you right up front you're going to get what you came for: big stars, winking inside jokes and a spin on something so familiar it doesn't matter that you don't buy it for one minute. You're not meant to.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
There's no joy and little playfulness about this caper comedy, which, despite a lighthearted script, has a sober undertone to it, almost a melancholia.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
As they've proven before and doubtless will prove again, Soderbergh and his cast are capable of better, weightier, more substantial stuff. But for now, slumming has rarely seemed more appealing.
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Serious pianists sometimes pound out a little honky-tonk, just for fun. That's like what Steven Soderbergh is doing in Ocean's Eleven.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
Good, expensive, easygoing fun. It's no masterpiece, but why should Soderbergh -- or anybody -- get three in a row?
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
Soderbergh and writer Ted Griffin added plot twists that will catch you off-guard, dumped the clever ending and worked in a love story that's as superfluous as elevator shoes on Shaquille O'Neal.
Read Full Review >Slate David Edelstein
The movie is mechanical, but machines can be elegant, even inspired.
Read Full Review >Village Voice J. Hoberman
The movie is slick and studiously cool -- with plenty of visual flourishes but not too much soul.
Read Full Review >USA Today Mike Clark
Despite dashes of droll dialogue from screenwriter Ted Griffin, the remake aims for cool but instead gets chilly.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Sure, like cotton candy: It doesn't do a thing for you, but it's wickedly sweet as it melts on your tongue.
Read Full Review >The New Yorker David Denby
The most confidently professional work Soderbergh has ever done, but it's also the least adventuresome and emotionally vital. It vanishes faster than a shot of bourbon. [Dec 10 2001, p. 110]
Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
A pretty good caper comedy for 11-year-old boys -- "heist thriller" would make it sound too ambitious.
Read Full Review >New Times (L.A.) Gregory Weinkauf
Too bad it commits the crime of being so intensely average, because what could have been sensational turns out to be merely this week's heist movie.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.8 (out of 10) based on 50 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Darren M. gave it a9:
I actually give it a 9.1. The screenplay and dialogue is written so cleverly, and the actors deliver in a spectacular performance. This movie redefines the word cool, as big name actors pull off the slickest heist ever to hit the screen. The music is also the most inspiring and fitting music I've heard, sticking to that same cool vibe. Even if it is a far departure of the original film, it still is a great, fun flick to spend 2 hours watching.
Michael L. gave it a7:
Slick and entertaining film that's packed with energetic players and wonderful direction courtesy of Steven Soderburgh. George Clooney and Brad Pitt lead a very likable and humorous crew on a what's perceived as an impossible heist from a Las Vegas casino have security which on a par with Fort Knox. The team assembled is certainly shady given their tarnished backgrounds (accomplished via impressive flashback clips and clever montage sequences which are informative as they are entertaining) and couldn't have less in common personality-wise yet collectively gel into a well-oiled machine which convince you their mission could actually be attainable. Even with the given skeletons present in their respective pasts you still find yourself rooting for these 'bad' guys. Andy Garcia is great as the stooge and ultimate fall guy who gets a deserved comeupance and the added tension of Clooney's team attempting to pull off the caper with unexpected hurdles makes the confusion and chaos a more than welcomed plot entanglement. Great shots of Vegas throughout - especially the night sequences - and Julia Roberts is very graceful as the independent, freethinking woman caught in between two demanding men.
Ricky Q gave it a10:
Very cool, very funny, and most importantly very entertaining. The perfect film!
Riren gave it an8:
If you can only make one-dimensional characters, make this kind of movie. Ocean's Eleven is simple throughout but twists all that simplicity into complexity; it's shallow but broad, and especially cool. The whole production is slick and moves in ways that other directors should envy. The gratuitously star-studded cast helps add further spectacle atop a movie where the plot the characters hatch is far more entertaining than the plot the movie does. Ocean's Eleven is another of those fun movies that are more entertaining with every additional friend you watch it with.
Tony B. gave it a3:
Not even as good as the original, and that wasn't very good to begin with, "Ocean'se 11" is a star-studded piece of tripe of questionable morality and ethics. The sequel is likely to be worse.
Vikram M. gave it a 10:
This movie was unbelievable. It was funny, action-packed, smart, and it kept you on the edge of your seat. Geroge Clooney did an amazing job as Danny Ocean. A movie like this you have to sit back and relax and watch the movie just to see a great heist movie. Of course, none of this could be done. Never, ever, ever. But that's what makes a lot of movies (including Ocean's Eleven) fun, you know it's never gonna happen but you watch it for a good action movie with fun and excitement. Ahh, how I love heist movies!
Paul gave it a 10:
I dont think ive had this much fun watching a movie since 'the sting.' great cast, unbelievably awesome movie....(food for thought: why is brad pitt always eating???)
