Ep998: OCEAN'S ELEVEN (2001) - Movie Review

Kicking the Seat

Ain't no rats in this pack, daddy-o! Just Ian and Jeff looking back at 2001's Ocean’s Eleven--a film that holds up and holds its own as one of Hollywood's coolest, cleverest blockbusters!

In Steven Soderbergh's action/comedy heist flick, George Clooney plays Danny Ocean, a professional con man who's just been released from a 4-year prison stint. He immediately hatches a plan to steal $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos, and recruits an all-star cast of misfit criminal specialists to help him pull off the job. Complicating matters is the fact that Ocean's ex-wife, Tess (Julia Roberts), has taken up with Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), the corrupt manager of the mega-vault connecting all three casinos!

In this spoilerific retrospective, the guys look at Ocean’s Eleven as an evolution from Soderbergh's 1998 film, Out of Sight (also starring Clooney as an ex-con out for one last score); lament the death of the "movie star"; stand up for Roberts' character against accusations of being under-developed; and, somehow, get embroiled in the Harrison Butker controversy!

Plus, much more!

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Show Links

• Watch the Ocean’s Eleven (2001) trailer.

• Pick up the new 4K UHD Blu-ray Ocean’s Trilogy from Warner Bros.

• Watch Ian and Cole Rush's "Page2Screen" review of Soderbergh's Out of Sight:

• Keep up with Jeff York's criticism and caricatures at The Establishing Shot.