2001 · crime · comedy · thriller
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Directed by Steven Soderbergh1h 56m2001
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.
Our read: Ocean's Eleven (2001) (2001) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded crime · comedy · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Warm, kinetic, measured crime / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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