Despite pulling off one of the biggest heists in Las Vegas history and splitting the $160 million take, each of the infamous Ocean's crew have tried to go straight, lay low and live a legit life ... but that's proven to be a challenge. Casino owner Terry Benedict demands that Danny Ocean return the money, plus millions more in interest. Unable to come up the cash, the crew is forced to come together to pull off another series of heists, this time in Rome, Paris, and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.
Hits a new low in condescending facetiousness, with no fewer than 15 performers of varying talents, tongues firmly in cheeks, undercutting all the genre's action conventions while camping up a storm on two continents.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
27 Jan 2005
rotten:
Some of the bits are hysterical, but others fall flat.
– Jeff Strickler,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
11 Dec 2004
fresh:
It does the hard work of being a light, smartly turned-out amusement, the sort of thing that's becoming more and more rare on the movie landscape these days.
– Stephanie Zacharek,
Salon.com,
11 Dec 2004
fresh:
May be one of the most glamorous, goofy and heartfelt films about failure ever made.
– Ella Taylor,
L.A. Weekly,
11 Dec 2004
fresh:
In this sprawling oglefest, such things as 'narrative' and 'story' are remote little abstractions indeed.