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Ocean's Eleven (Widescreen Edition)
Actors: Don Cheadle, George Clooney, Holly Marie Combs, Matt Damon, and Michael de Lano
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Retail Price (not our price): $14.96
Release Date: 2002-05-07
Theatrical Release Date: 2001-12-07
Studio: Warner Home Video
Run Time: 117 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Discs: 1


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Product Description
Danny Ocean likes his chances. All he asks is that his handpicked squad of 10 grifters and cons play the game like they have nothing to lose. If all goes right the payoff will be a fat $150 million. Divided by 11. You do the math.Running Time: 110 min.System Requirements:Starring: George Clooney Julia Roberts Andy Garcia Brad Pitt Matt Damon Don Cheadle Bernie Mac and Elliott Gould. Directed By: Steven Soderbergh. Running Time: 116 Min. Color. This film is presented in "Standard" format. Copyright 2002 Warner Home Video.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: PG-13 UPC: 085392263424 Manufacturer No: 22634

2) Amazon.com essential video
Ocean's Eleven improves on 1960's Rat Pack original with supernova casting, a slickly updated plot, and Steven Soderbergh's graceful touch behind the camera. Soderbergh reportedly relished the opportunity "to make a movie that has no desire except to give pleasure from beginning to end," and he succeeds on those terms, blessed by the casting of George Clooney as Danny Ocean, the title role originated by Frank Sinatra. Fresh out of jail, Ocean masterminds a plot to steal $163 million from the seemingly impervious vault of Las Vegas's Bellagio casino, not just for the money but to win his ex-wife (Julia Roberts) back from the casino's ruthless owner (Andy Garcia). Soderbergh doesn't scrimp on the caper's comically intricate strategy, but he finds greater joy in assembling a stellar team (including Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, and Carl Reiner) and indulging their strengths as actors. The result is a film that's as smooth as a silk suit and just as stylish. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5

1) Fun not serious   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
It isn't a great work of art but a lot of fun to watch when you just want to relax and be entertained.

2) What a delicious menu of male stars!   [Rating: 3 out of 5]
No one's ever been able to rob a Vegas casino, but Daniel Ocean (Clooney) wants to rob three. As the film continues on, you realize his motivation. The casino's owner, Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), stole his ex-wife Tess (Julia Roberts.)That's all the cast I'm going to mention. I'd practically wear the caps key off making parenthesis to cover who plays who. The story involves Daniel getting out of jail, hiring his crew, setting up the robbery, executing the robbery, and I won't tell you the rest. "Ocean's Eleven" is almost a runway for it's all-star male ensemble cast. You've got every kind of gorgeous from Clooney's slick, to Brad Pitt's 'Ted Nugent knock-off' chic, to Bash's bold and exotic patter. You have to suspend disbelief in a lot of places, but it's still nice scenery.

3) Just flat out fun to watch   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Ocean's Eleven is just an all around fun movie to watch... the flow and "attitude" behind the movie just gets my energy flowing every time I watch this classic remake. The cast was well put together and everyone plays their part well to make quite the team. This is some of entertainment at it's best, something that is so easy going where you can lose yourself in the entertainment of it all.This is a great addition to my already large collection of DVD's that I own, and if you have not seen this yet I highly recommend it.

4) Star-studded romp   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Slick and entertaining film that's packed with energetic players and wonderful direction courtesy of Steven Soderburgh. George Clooney and Brad Pitt lead a very likable and humorous crew on a what's perceived as an impossible heist from a Las Vegas casino have security which on a par with Fort Knox. The team assembled is certainly shady given their tarnished backgrounds (accomplished via impressive flashback clips and clever montage sequences which are informative as they are entertaining) and couldn't have less in common personality-wise yet collectively gel into a well-oiled machine which convince you their mission could actually be attainable. Even with the given skeletons present in their respective pasts you still find yourself rooting for these 'bad' guys. Andy Garcia is great as the stooge and ultimate fall guy who gets a deserved comeupance and the added tension of Clooney's team attempting to pull off the caper with unexpected hurdles makes the confusion and chaos a more than welcomed plot entanglement. Great shots of Vegas throughout - especially the night sequences - and Julia Roberts is very graceful as the independent gal caught in between two demanding men.

5) Big disappointment   [Rating: 1 out of 5]
A big star cast that can't seem to pull-off a reasonable story plot. The build-up is slow and irritating. Anyone who goes to a casino will feel, "wait!! that wouldn't happen that way!" It's difficult to sit through because it doesn't satisfy some basic requirments of reality of casino security, even from someone who isn't involved with security. The premis of planning a big heist basing a major part of the plan on seducing a wench of a general manager with some pheromones and hoping she will bring this newly met man to the high security area where the diamonds are kept and turn off the security system so she can make love to him is a far fetched plan. You'd think they would have shown that they researched her prior love life and came up with her ideal guy or something remotely believable. Not that he just puts on some pheromones and hopes that she becomes so intoxicated that she brings him to the most secure room in the casino because there are no more vacancies at the casino hotel and he doesn't want to make love in his room. I would have thought that she would have brought him to her office, since she is the general manager. These sort of problems plague the movie. If one just loves Clooney and the gang, and it doesn't matter what the story is, then you probably won't have any problems with this.