Despite pulling off one of the biggest heists in Las Vegas history and splitting the $160 million take, each of the infamous Ocean's crew have tried to go straight, lay low and live a legit life... but that's proven to be a challenge. Casino owner Terry Benedict demands that Danny Ocean return the money, plus millions more in interest. Unable to come up the cash, the crew is forced to come together to pull off another series of heists, this time in Rome, Paris, and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.
The most divisive entry in the Ocean's franchise, the sequel split critics sharply between those charmed by its breezy, self-aware star power and those who found it smugly indulgent and narratively infuriating — particularly a third-act twist that many felt invalidated the entire preceding story. It ranks as the lowest-regarded film in the series among both critics and audiences.
“it all ends on one of those infuriatingly sloppy notes where, having dramatized narrative events WXYZ for us, which we have taken on good faith, it suddenly and arbitrarily delivers narrative events STUV, which completely invalidate events WXYZ”
Stephen Hunter·The Washington Post
“while it looks like the cast is having a blast and a half, the studied hipness can get so pleased with itself it borders on the smug”
Newsweek
“The movie takes inventory of its characters with the same droll wit it does everything else ... The movie is all about behavior, dialogue, star power and wiseass in-jokes. I really sort of liked it.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Thriller, Crime
Despite pulling off one of the biggest heists in Las Vegas history and splitting the $160 million take, each of the infamous Ocean's crew have tried to go straight, lay low and live a legit life... but that's proven to be a challenge. Casino owner Terry Benedict demands that Danny Ocean return the money, plus millions more in interest. Unable to come up the cash, the crew is forced to come together to pull off another series of heists, this time in Rome, Paris, and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.
The most divisive entry in the Ocean's franchise, the sequel split critics sharply between those charmed by its breezy, self-aware star power and those who found it smugly indulgent and narratively infuriating — particularly a third-act twist that many felt invalidated the entire preceding story. It ranks as the lowest-regarded film in the series among both critics and audiences.
“it all ends on one of those infuriatingly sloppy notes where, having dramatized narrative events WXYZ for us, which we have taken on good faith, it suddenly and arbitrarily delivers narrative events STUV, which completely invalidate events WXYZ”
Stephen Hunter·The Washington Post
“while it looks like the cast is having a blast and a half, the studied hipness can get so pleased with itself it borders on the smug”
Newsweek
“The movie takes inventory of its characters with the same droll wit it does everything else ... The movie is all about behavior, dialogue, star power and wiseass in-jokes. I really sort of liked it.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Thriller, Crime
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