Ocean's Eleven

Ocean's Eleven is streamlined entertainment served up in handsome and tasteful packaging by the competent director Steven Soderbergh, who has probably made his most superficial film to date.

The con man Daniel Ocean is barely out of prison before he can present his friend Rusty with a daring plan. He wants to break into the vault of one of Las Vegas' biggest casinos, where the takings from casino owner Terry Benedict's three casinos are kept. It is an impossible task - at least without financial backing and a large team of top professionals, each with his own speciality. Daniel and Rusty find their financial backer in Reuben Tishkoff, who has a grudge against Benedict, and then they pick their team, which includes among others an explosives expert and a computer nerd.

What Daniel has neglected to tell his cronies is that at the same time he wants to win back his ex-wife Tess. She happens to be Benedict's girlfriend. It is impossible to say which is harder: getting hold of the money or getting hold of the girl.

Ocean's Eleven has high entertainment value, but it leaves no lasting impression. In fact you have forgotten it the minute you step out of the darkness of the cinema.