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Ocean's Twelve (2004)

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Reviews Counted:37

Fresh:23

Rotten:14

Average Rating:6.1/10

Consensus: While some have found the latest star-studded heist flick to be a fun, glossy star vehicle, others declare it’s lazy, self-satisfied and illogical.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for language.

Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Dec 10, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $125,402,117

Synopsis: Back in slick style, OCEAN'S TWELVE reintroduces Ocean (George Clooney) and his perfectly trained team of con men, who are determined to take on Europe. Dividing forces to hit Paris, Amsterdam, and... Back in slick style, OCEAN'S TWELVE reintroduces Ocean (George Clooney) and his perfectly trained team of con men, who are determined to take on Europe. Dividing forces to hit Paris, Amsterdam, and Rome, the heist-meisters move beyond casinos to tackle new objectives, one of which involves stealing a famous painting. With OCEAN'S TWELVE, Steven Soderbergh re-teams with his high profile friends for another glamorous romp through the high-stakes underworld. Three years after Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and his crew robbed Las Vegas casino tycoon Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia) of one hundred sixty million dollars, Benedict has finally tracked them down. He gives them a two-week ultimatum to come up with the money or suffer the consequences. Knowing that the odds are stacked against them, the gang nonetheless heads to Amsterdam for a big heist. But what no one realizes is that ultra-smooth Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt) has ulterior motives for leading the gang to Amsterdam. Turns out his former flame, Isabel Lahiri (Catherine Zeta-Jones), is living and working there tracking criminals such as Ocean and French master Francois Toulour (Vincent Cassel), better known as "The Night Fox." Threatened by the universally admired eleven, Toulour challenges Ocean to a dangerous museum heist that will either make or break the gang once and for all. It's up to Tess Ocean (Julia Roberts) to fly into town and bail the boys out of trouble. Every frame of OCEAN'S TWELVE is bursting with gleeful energy, as is the film's soundtrack, provided by acclaimed musician David Holmes. [More]

Starring: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt

Starring: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Don Cheadle, Vincent Cassel, Andy Garcia, Carl Reiner, Elliott Gould, Scott Caan, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Cherry Jones, Eddie Izzard

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Director: Steven Soderbergh
Screenwriter: George Nolfi
Producer: Jerry Weintraub
Studio: Warner Bros.

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Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
03/07/05
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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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.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
01/27/05
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
12/12/04
Logan Hill
Logan Hill
New York Magazine
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Some of the bits are hysterical, but others fall flat.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
12/11/04
Jeff Strickler
Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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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.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
12/11/04
Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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In this sprawling oglefest, such things as 'narrative' and 'story' are remote little abstractions indeed.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
12/10/04
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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The whole thing is a piffle of fluff or a fluff of piffle. About halfway through you'll get an incredible hunger to see a movie.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
12/10/04
Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
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In keeping with his general distaste for sequels -- this is his first, in fact -- Soderbergh has subverted all of the usual conventions, making the movie far more interesting than it has any right to be.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
12/10/04
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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The pleasures are entirely in the digressions, which are silly and often delightful.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
12/10/04
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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This slickly entertaining sequel is all about savoring eye candy.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
12/10/04
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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How many movies recapture the blithe spirit of Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack, plus a sense of old-school star glamour?

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
12/10/04
Jami Bernard
Jami Bernard
New York Daily News
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Ocean's Twelve feels like a lark, a dashed-off confiture that isn't so much a movie as an excuse for a bunch of old friends to hang out in Europe with somebody else paying the bill.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
12/10/04
Eric Harrison
Eric Harrison
Houston Chronicle
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Ocean's Twelve lacks the courage of its star-driven convictions.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
12/10/04
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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Hey, these boys and girls just want to have fun. This time, though, it is at our expense.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
12/10/04
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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Who doesn't want to see George Clooney nuzzling alongside Julia Roberts, sipping champagne on the patio of an Italian villa? They're just so darn attractive and wealthy looking and on top of the world.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
12/10/04
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News
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Ocean's Twelve makes up for all such potential failings with a generously entertaining spirit and a large cast that brings Rat Pack familiarity and a winking sense of savvy to roles they've played before.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
12/10/04
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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We love these people like family, because they joke and whine and screw up just like our best friends would if our best friends were stealing $200 million.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
12/10/04
Michael Booth
Michael Booth
Denver Post
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A fun-filled, mind-twisting romp featuring a cast that obviously had just as much fun making the film as the audience does watching it.

Full Review Source: CNN.com | comment Comment
12/10/04
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
CNN.com
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It's so well made and undeniably entertaining it should leap from tall buildings and wear a big 'S' on its chest.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
12/10/04
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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Soderbergh and his scenarists, George Clayton Johnson, Jack Golden Russell and George Nolfi, are doing a jazz riff. This isn't a caper movie at all, it's an improvisation on caper themes.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
12/10/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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