Ocean's Twelve (2004)

Ocean's Twelve (2004)

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Screenplay by: George Nolfi

Genre: Crime | Thriller
Running Time: 125 Minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Viewed: Owned Blu-ray

Twelve is the new eleven.

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Comments: I think my initial reaction to Ocean's Twelve back in 2004 aligned with many: what the hell? It's a bizarre and extremely self-indulgent follow-up to the great 2001 heist film. In fact, in took me multiple viewings just to get many in-jokes that run consistently throughout the course of the film. But in those viewings, I came to appreciate Ocean's Twelve. It's not great by any means, but it's a strong and stylish comedy, but never quite a real heist film. Twelve has two huge problems that almost completely derail the film: the scenes where Julia Roberts as Tess pretends to be Julia Roberts (not self-indulgent at all, right?), and the ludicrous scene where Vincent Cassel dances through the lasers. Beyond those, however, I quite like Ocean's Twelve. Sure, it fails as a real thriller, but as a comedy it works out rather nice.