Ocean’s 11 Film Review
Ocean’s 11 is a remake of Ocean’s Eleven (1960), with George Clooney playing Danny Ocean rather than Frank Sinatra. If you didn’t already know, George Clooney is cooler than you are. He’s got the women. He’s got the money. And ever since he left his ER scrubs in the dust a few years ago, Clooney has gone from strength to strength – Ocean’s 11 is yet another winner.
When the film begins, Danny (played by George Clooney) is discharged from a New Jersey State Prison with two goals in mind; to pull the biggest robbery ever and to regain the affections of his estranged wife Tess (played by Julia Roberts). To aid him in his plan, Ocean gathers ten other accomplices. Rusty Roberts (Pitt) is master card player, now reduced to teaching spoiled young TV actors how to play poker. Linus Caldwell (Damon) is a master pickpocket, quick and smooth with the moves but lacking in the quick-thinking department. Basher Tarr (Don Cheadle) is a munitions expert with a thick Cockney accent. Rueben Tishkoff (Elliot Gould) is a Vegas insider with a personal axe to grind against Benedict. Also helping out are auto mechanics Virgil and Turk Malloy (Casey Affleck and Scott Caan), professional card dealer Frank Catton (Bernie Mac), retired gambler Saul Bloom (Carl Reiner), computer surveillance expert Livingston Dell (Eddie Jemison), and a Chinese acrobat named Yen (Shaobo Qin). Their plan is simple; to penetrate the safe at the Bellagio Hotel and steal $160 million.
