Roberts is OK but didn't convince me that Clooney would risk so much for her. This allows Pitt and Clooney to be the two leads without taking away from the ensemble feel - they also have a good relationship going here. Pitt does likewise - he doesn't try to hog the glory but hangs around being smooth for most of the time. Instead he does his stuff but allows others to try and shine while he is comfortable with a constant warm glow. Clooney is fantastic in the lead - his strength is that he has great charisma which means he doesn't have to ham it up. Sodenberg handles the film well and doesn't allow his direction to be slick without substance - the editing is clever and Las Vegas internally and externally looks great. It is so slick that you don't mind that it couldn't possibly work in real life, but instead it just appears so clever! The romantic subplot I found to be a little redundant and I didn't think that Clooney and Roberts had good chemistry - compared to Clooney and Lopez in another great Sodenberg film `Out of Sight' where the screen crackled! However it takes up little screen time and compliments the heist quite well. The story is daft of course, but it moves forward with a sort of slick illogical cleverness that appears wonderfully clever but is, of course, highly unlikely! The story unfolds in an entertaining manner, the build up is great with no dull moments as we meet the characters and find out the details of the job bit by bit.

However it manages to take what worked from the original and give it a great modern shine.

This could have easily fallen into the same trap - trading purely on the stars' names rather than an intrinsic entertainment value. The first movie wasn't exactly brilliant - only really interesting because it brought the whole rat pack together onscreen for the first time. As well as splitting the $150 million between the gang, Danny also plans to steal back his ex-wife Tess who is currently dating Benedict. Freshly released from jail Danny Ocean begins to recruit key players to put together a job as daring as it is dangerous - the safe that holds the money for 3 casinos belonging to Terry Benedict.

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