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Storyline
A gangster by the name of Danny Ocean (George Clooney) rounds up a gang of associates to stage heists of three major Las Vegas casinos (Bellagio, The Mirage, and the MGM Grand) simultaneously during a popular boxing event. |
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The Director
Steven Soderbergh
Steven Andrew Soderbergh ( born January 14, 1963) is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and an Academy Award-winning film director. He is best known for directing commercial Hollywood films like Erin Brockovich, Traffic, and Ocean's Eleven, but he has also directed smaller less conventional and commercialized works such as Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Schizopolis, Bubble, and Che.
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Steven Soderbergh: Best of the 'Contagion' Director
Im your host Tatiana carrier and I thought with contagion releasing this weekend, we should dedicate a countdown to the man behind the action...steven soderbergh...so we are going to rundown the best of this talented directors work! Lets get started!
5. Erin Brockovich...rele...
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Early (Rough) Review: Smart But Fluffy
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From June 22, 2006:
I don't know what happened or how it happened. I didn't even realize that Ocean's Eleven was 5 years old, and yet it is. Somehow, I managed to not see it. Like Amelie and some of the other films I've blogged about, when this odd situation happens, when I happen to miss out on a movie that was seemingly quite popular at its time of release, the question becomes: was it worth the wait? Well, I can give you eleven good reasons why I'm saying "yes" this time around.
I really enjoyed this movie. I mean, what's not to love? There are lots of gorgeous men (well, maybe a few but more than the average picture). There is a whip-smart script. And lots and lots of mindless and yet oddly intriguing fluffy entertainment. I mean, the plot is hugely simple. Man loves woman. Woman scorns man. Man is a thief. Woman becomes involved with rich casino mogul. Thief plots the greatest heist of his career and a bit of lover's quarrel type revenge. Thief gets huge all-star crew and some random cameo guest shots - ok, weird that Rusty (Brad Pitt) is teaching poker to Eric Foreman, Piper Halliwell, and some other WB poster children playing themsevles - to help him with the impossible heist all while proving that he is still devoted to woman. Mogul loves money. Woman realizes her mistake. The rest of the picture is the high-tech heist. They're stealing $160 million, but the heist probably cost a million to pull off. Caper pictures always boggle my mind. Is any of that true? Do people pull off heists like that in real life?
I really find it hard to find flaws with this movie because this is one of those films that is meant to be pure entertainment an...
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reviewed by Pippin2010 (Filmaster.com) on the 25th of January 2010
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Quite entertaining, but nothing spectacular.