Ocean's Twelve (2004)

Ocean's Twelve (2004, USA) C-120m. SCOPE ** D: Steven Soderbergh. Starring Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Andy Garcia, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Carl Reiner, Elliott Gould, Robbie Coltrane, Vincent Cassel, Eddie Izzard, Jerry Weintraub, Albert Finney, Bruce Willis. Inevitable sequel throws in even more stars but also puts in even more plot contrivances: Clooney gathers his helpers from the casino heist, because Garcia is forcing them to pay back(!) the sum robbed. So they're off to Amsterdam and Rome, but crime expert Zeta-Jones is on their tracks and rival thief Cassel is taunting them. Shaggy-dog script, where everything is possible and nothing is logical, is worse than that of INDEPENDENCE DAY. Writer George Nolfi must have written it drunk in the course of one long evening. The stars and some funny dialogue keep this from being a complete wash-out.


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