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Ocean's Thirteen
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
George Clooney,
Brad Pitt, Matt Damon , Ellen Barkin, Al Pacino, Bernie Mac,
Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Elliott Gould, Shaobo Qin, Don
Cheadle, Andy Garcia, Scott L. Schwartz, Carl Reiner |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
Warner Bros. |
| Web Site: |
oceans13.warnerbros.com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Hire a sitter and
leave them at home. |
| Date Movie: |
If both of you
liked "Ocean's Eleven." |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Abigail's cleavage
is figured prominently, and she can't seem to get enough of
Linus' scent. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Nah. |
| Action: |
No real chasing
here. |
| Laughs: |
Lots of
one-liners. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
I hate to say it,
but the Oprah Winfrey scenes. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
The workers want
thirty seven thousand dollars. |
| Directed By: |
Steven Soderbergh |
| Produced By: |
Jerry Weintraub |
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Ocean's Thirteen
A Movie Review |
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I remember enjoying the remake of
"Ocean’s Eleven," even
with the convolutedness of the story. I didn’t hate "Ocean’s
Twelve" as much as most people seemed to, and though I never
did review it, I thought it had the feeling that our group
just wanted to play around in Europe for a while, tied to a
movie. Thankfully, though, "Ocean’s Thirteen" brings the
crew back to Las Vegas where it is payback time for Willy
Bank (Al Pacino), who screws over Reuben (Elliot Gould), and
Willy finds that it’s not good to screw over a member of
Danny Ocean’s (George Clooney) crew.
So that’s the set-up: Rueben gets screwed over by Willy
and finds himself nearly dead from a heart problem, so Danny
rounds up the boys to ruin Willy. And of course, what is the
best way to ruin a wealthy, pompous ass like Mr. Bank? In
the pocketbook of course, only this time there isn’t a safe
to steal the money from, only some protected jewels and a
convoluted plot to cause Willy to lose money by making all
of the people at the grand opening of his new casino to win,
and win big. Danny and most of the boys have to rig the
dice, rig the roulette balls, rig the blackjack tables,
cause an "earthquake," etc, leaving Linus (Matt Damon), to
lead the swindling of the diamond necklaces tied to the
classiness ratings of Bank’s casinos. I suppose I could go
more into the plot, but why? "Ocean’s Thirteen" isn’t a
movie trying to break new ground, nope, it’s trying to stay
in the same vein as the first one, hoping you’ll come along
for the ride, only this time you don’t have to get
acquainted with the various characters.
And you know what? It’s a fun ride, but here’s a little
warning: As much as you had to suspend some reality in the
first and second films, you really have to suspend most, if
not all of it, to enjoy this installment. You have to
believe that no one in Las Vegas knows the players in
Ocean’s crew. You have to believe that it is easy to
infiltrate the plant where casino dice are made. You have to
believe that it is really, really, really easy to buy off
people. You have to believe that you can bring in some
tunneling equipment that supposedly was used to make the
Chunnel (that’s the underground train tunnel from Great
Britain to France) and fire it up, underground, in Las
Vegas. And not lastly, but you have to believe that Matt
Damon, I mean Linus, wearing a giant nose, can lure Abigail
(Ellen Barkin) into his arms, especially when he is wearing
this magic scent that drives women wild.
But go ahead and suspend reality for a couple of hours
and just enjoy that the boys are back in Vegas, where they
belong, creating havoc for those who have way too much
money.
Everyone is back playing their respective roles, except
for Tess (Julia Roberts) and Isabel (Catherine Zeta-Jones),
who we learn right at the onset that this job isn’t their
fight. Andy Garcia is back as Terry Benedict, who Danny must
actually let into his world for some financial help, and I
loved Al Pacino as Willy Bank (but couldn’t they give him a
better first name?). But not to be forgotten is David Paymer
as the Very Unimportant Person, and even though it just
builds into her empire, the Oprah Winfrey clips were pretty
funny.
If you enjoyed "Ocean’s Eleven" you already are good
enough at suspending reality for a bit to enjoy a movie, and
you’ll probably do fine during "Ocean’s Thirteen." If all
you did for the first two installments, though, was
complain, "That couldn’t really happen," then you will
probably want to stay away. For me I liked this one probably
about as much as the first, so I’ll keep the star rating the
same: 4 stars out of 5.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!!! |
