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Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
Forgive me, I lost count. But I'll take it on faith that there's thirteen (and I'll do the same when it's fourteen). Whatever the count, Danny Ocean's boys are back and they're as cool, funny and effective as ever.
What's got them riled up this trip ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
The last time we encountered the guys and gals of the "Ocean" films, they were stuck in a hepcat paralysis. ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
Film School Rejects (Loukas Tsouknidas)
There are moments when certain one-liners come to my mind from the old TV watching days âI watch too much cinema and sports now so TV series are not an option. Coming out of the âOceanâs 13â screening I recalled what Parker Lewis âwho, just ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Film School Rejects (Loukas Tsouknidas)
Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
OCEANâS 13 is pure entertainment. As bright and shiny as perfectly restored vintage neon, itâs a throwback to an era when films could be fun without being stupid. When they could have a heart without being a cliché, and when guys who were just too ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)
The last time we encountered the guys and gals of the âOceanâ films they were stuck in a hepcat paralysis. 2004âs âOceanâs Twelveâ wasnât a disastrous picture, but it was a cataclysmic mistake in execution, stripping away the friendly ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)
Film School Rejects (Nate Deen)
Finally, a summer sequel that doesnât seem to care about the money. In âOceanâs Thirteen,â the cast, the crew, the audience; everyone just seems to be having fun here and Iâd like to invite you to join the party. The slow beginning may make you ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Film School Rejects (Nate Deen)
Film School Rejects (Kevin Carr)
This summerâs revenge of the thirds has dropped another second sequel in the publicâs lap. âOceans 13â is very similar to the first two movies, and that makes sense because the cast is back with Soderbergh for another round.
I loved the first ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Film School Rejects (Kevin Carr)
Christian Science Monitor
The most enjoyable thing about the "Ocean's" movies is that nobody involved seems to take them seriously. The star wattage is immense but the stars themselves are refreshingly self-deprecating, almost satirically so. ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Christian Science Monitor
FirstShowing.net (Jaq Greenspon)
The Sydney Morning Herald
Plausibility is the first casualty in Ocean's Thirteen but it's unlikely anybody is going to care. This is the third film in the series and if you've stuck with them this far you'll know that going along with their ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Sydney Morning Herald
The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Ah, bliss, the gangâs all here, well, the guys anyway, looking fighting trim and Hollywood beautiful, at your disposable pleasure as well as mine. Thereâs George, of course, as in Mr. Clooney, lovely and lean and a touch more gray, smiling and ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Film School Rejects (H. Stewart)
3 Black Chicks
With this third entry, I just donât know how many different ways I can express how much I like this franchise. Iâve become so invested in these characters and it feels like home when Iâm watching them and Iâm sad that I only have 2 hours with ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at 3 Black Chicks
The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Just so you know -- because this is important when youâre talking to fans of George Clooneyâs charming thief Danny Ocean -- itâs an hour and 15 minutes into Oceanâs Thirteen before he appears in a tux. Which is far too long to wait, as far as ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
The Three Musketeers had it right: "All for one and one for all." In this cruel and crafty world, friends have to stick together. And even when you are doing bad things, some charity might bloom.
In the third installment of the Ocean's franchise, ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
The Cinema Source (Rick Mele)
The summer of 2007 has, by and large, played out mainly the way the summer movie season always has. Tentpole franchises like Spider-Man, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Shrek toted out their third installments to overwhelming box office success... and ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Cinema Source (Rick Mele)
Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
How many times can audiences be entertained by this bakerâs dozen beating unbeatable adversaries, breaking unbreakable safes, or crashing uncrashable security systems? Speaking for myself â Iâm still being entertained. ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
The Onion A.V. Club
Deep into Ocean's 13, the second sequel to the 2001 remake of the 1960 Rat Pack classic Ocean's 11, there's a line about how a good con man never repeats a gag. It's delivered as a throwaway piece of dialogue, but it quietly acknowledges that what good ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Onion A.V. Club
CNN Showbiz (Paul Clinton)
Look up the word "caper" in the dictionary, you'll find it's a prickly shrub or a frolicsome leap, a romp or gambol -- as well as an informal word for a crime, such as a theft or a heist, usually involving deception. ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at CNN Showbiz (Paul Clinton)
Chart Magazine
This year will be remembered as the year of the threequel. While so far they've all been a little average, Ocean's Thirteen is more than that. It's fresh and as intelligent as the two prior versions. Many probably assumed that a film with this many ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Chart Magazine
London Daily Mirror (David Edwards)
YOU'RE cordially invited back into the worldâs coolest club as George Clooney and his gang of laidback criminals return for more capers in Sin City. As youâd expect from the third instalment of the planetâs slickest movie franchise, Oceanâs 13 is ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at London Daily Mirror (David Edwards)
The Times of London
Itâs one of the smuggest franchises in cinema, but itâs also a guilty pleasure to watch. You know the score. Soderbergh gathers the usual suspects around Clooney and Pitt ( above, with Damon) and they pull off an impossible heist. But to make them ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Times of London
Cinema Blend
For the actors on set, the Oceanâs movies are a party. Famous people show up, hang out, and seem to have a lot of fun with each other . Thereâs very little acting involved, but thatâs also part of the seriesâ genius. As the franchise wears on ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Cinema Blend
Empire Magazine [UK]
Perhaps because the experience involves watching so many A-list stars having a whale of a time, the Oceanâs movies have always felt like a party. Sadly, whereas Oceanâs Eleven was an all-inclusive affair, 2005âs Oceanâs Twelve felt like we had ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
BBC Films
After the greasy, self-indulgent mess that was Ocean's Twelve, director Steven Soderbergh brings the gang back home to Las Vegas, and proves that there is honour among thieves. George Clooney, as the unflappable Danny Ocean, is a more convincing leader ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at BBC Films
FilmJudge (David Mercier)
Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould) is in the hospital after suffering a heart attack. He was double-crossed by ruthless casino owner Willie Bank (Pacino), and as a result lost a huge amount of money. Danny Ocean (Clooney) decides that Willie needs to pay ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at FilmJudge (David Mercier)
efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
When âOceanâs Twelve,â the star-studded sequel to the immensely popular remake of the 1960 Rat Pack standard, was released in 2004, I was surprised and delighted with the way that director Steven Soderbergh had taken a film that could have easily ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
âWhat are the odds of getting even?â Well, itâs pretty high with the disappointment of its predecessor. ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
I don't know when it happened, maybe sometime in the late 1990's, but I got the vibe that movies weren't being made to be fun anymore. They were either these large beasts swelled with self-importance or quick grabs for box office from the lowest common ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
As Steven Soderberghâs career has been strewn with the make-one-for-them/theyâll-make-one-for-you adage, the Oceanâs series was unfairly lumped into the former. At least in the beginning. Certainly gathering a powerhouse cast of actors, at least ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
The Providence Journal (Michael Janusonis)
MovieWeb (Matt Sheehan)
I will admit that I am one of only 578 people in this entire world who genuinely enjoyed 'Ocean's Twelve.' Every other person seemed to tear the movie a new one. Still, I was skeptical about a third one, appropriately titled 'Ocean's Thirteen.'
Willy ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at MovieWeb (Matt Sheehan)
Future Movies (Paul Greenwood)
This is more like it. Leaving the smug self-congratulation of Twelve far behind, Ocean's Thirteen is a stylish, breezy confection that, from first to (almost) last, is all about the con instead of the Hollywood royalty doing the conning, its eventual ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Future Movies (Paul Greenwood)
The Movie Chicks
Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and all his boys are back in Vegas and this time theyâre not pulling a job for the money (okay, maybe itâs a little about the money). Instead, they want to help Reuben (Elliott Gould), who has suffered a heart attack and ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Movie Chicks
ShowBIZ Data
It's not all clear sailing for Ocean's 13 , but for the most part, critics are giving it a free pass. Jan Stuart in Newsday suggests that the only thing that matters "is that for two hours, life as you drearily know it is effectively suspended and a ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)
âOceanâs Thirteenââthe Steven Soderbergh caper extravaganzaâis the fourth sequel to open in six weeks. Though the story stretches credulity to the maximumâone critic called it âMission: Implausibleââthe entire production is breezy ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)
So here are Danny Ocean and Rusty Ryan, parting ways after yet another larcenous adventure. âNext time, try to keep the weight under control between jobs,â Rusty says to Dannyâa jibe that only makes sense if you know and remember that George ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at
New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
The Phantom Tollbooth
I feel like I am in a time warp. Every week I start a review with, "in this third installment of". There was Spiderman, Shrek, Pirates, and now Ocean's 13. In a season of part threes Rusty (Brad Pitt), Linus (Matt Damon) and Danny (George Clooney) are ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Phantom Tollbooth
Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
The members of the current Rat Pack pick up where they left off in "Ocean's Eleven," bypassing their tepid sequel in favor of something more ... Eleven-ish. ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
Continuing an unexpected trend started by "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", âOceanâs Thirteenâ, the third in the numerically troublesome âOceanâsâ series, proves to be the best of the bunch. Like âPirates 3â, âThirteenâ ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Brad Pitt doesn't really act in Ocean's Thirteen, he just glides through the third chapter in Steven Soderbergh's heist-flick annuity on the magic carpet of his own unimpeachable cool. Don't knock it. Genuine star power is rare -- just watch Colin ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Steven Soderbergh's third entry in his Las Vegas heist series moves even further away from the 1960 Rat Pack original but significantly improves over the self-involved second entry, from 2004. Reuben (Elliot Gould) becomes bed-ridden after getting ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)
The Denver Post
In Steven Soderbergh's Las Vegas, gentleman thieves operate by a strict code of rules, as tight as snake eyes against the rails. ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Denver Post
New York Observer (Andrew Sarris)
For most of the innocent bystanders in Steven Soderberghâs Oceanâs Thirteen, gambling in Las Vegas looks like a win-win proposition. The film, from a screenplay by Brian Koppelman and David Levien, is a preposterous morality tale about 13 guys who ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at New York Observer (Andrew Sarris)
Plugged In
Reuben Tishkoff, a former mover and shaker in Danny Ocean's 11-member neo-rat pack, is feeling old and washed up. So, against the advice of his close friends, he reaches for a new gold ring and sinks his last bit of wealth into a Las Vegas casino deal ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Plugged In
Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
âOcean's 13â is an enjoyable bit of fluff which has no real substance and no reason to exist, except to make money, of course. The plot makes no sense. There is no suspense, or jeopardy because everyone in the movie is in on the joke, including the ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Like all the Ocean's movies, Ocean's Thirteen appears to have been more fun for the cast to make than it is for the audience to watch. Not that it isn't entertaining, because it is. In fact it's ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
What does "Ocean's Thirteen" bring to the table that hasn't been played before in the two previous films?
Nothing . . . and ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
The Movie Insider (LaRae Meadows)
Ocean's Thirteen is the third installment of the Rat-Pack inspired Ocean's Eleven. Ocean's Thirteen understands what a sequel should be, the next chapter in the character's lives, not a rehashing of the previous movie. I feel a little dirty but it was ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Movie Insider (LaRae Meadows)
Film Ireland
Take the freshness of 11, minus the smugness of 12, add a dash of well-written story, and top it all off with a sprinkle of fun â Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Oceanâs 13. ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Film Ireland
Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Film Journal International (Frank Lovece)
This baker's-dozen edition of the constellation caper pictures improves on the first sequel, Ocean's Twelve (2004), with principal stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt still making a great couple and Al Pacino dialing down his excesses to remind people of ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Film Journal International (Frank Lovece)
Salon (Andrew O'Hehir)
So I caught most of the mob-scene press conference that followed the first screening of "Ocean's Thirteen" here on Thursday, and there was more group hilarity than actual conversation from that likable gang of guys up there on the stage. It's fair to say ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Salon (Andrew O'Hehir)
Reel.com
Sometimes the third time really is the charm. The first two movies in the Ocean franchise offered a large ensemble of stars but not much else. Ocean's Eleven tried to revive the Rat Pack bonhomie of the 1960 original, but came across as just another ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Reel.com
Hollywood.com (Kit Bowen)
In this third installment, however, the boys arenât in the game for the business. No, this time itâs personal. When one of their own, the irascible Reuben (Elliott Gould), suffers a heart attack after being double-crossed by malevolent hotel mogul ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Hollywood.com (Kit Bowen)
Boston Globe
Steven Soderbergh's "Ocean's" movies are like silk-screens. A similar caper gets printed on a different casino. In the first movie, a remake of the 1960 Rat Pack vehicle, it was the Bellagio . For this third installment, the extravagantly entertaining ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Boston Globe
Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
Clooney and friends are back for another heist romp that's refreshingly free from the pretentiousness of most starry Hollywood movies. Sure, it couldn't be much more self-indulgent, but the fun is infectious.
When Reuben (Gould) is double-crossed by ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
The Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)
Rolling the dice for a third time in "Ocean's Thirteen," Steven Soderbergh and his team beat the odds. Final chapters of trilogies invariably suffer from lameness. This, of course, already transpired in the "Ocean's Twelve," where subplots misfired and ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
I may be in the minority, but I don't consider Ocean's Twelve to be the dog that some critics have labeled it. Sure, it's a little self-indulgent, but it's a genial caper drama that allows us to spend some time in the company of the survivors of the 2001 ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
San Francisco Chronicle
To recap: The first of the modern "Ocean's" pictures, "Ocean's Eleven," was mostly entertaining, benefiting from a strong caper plot. But it didn't quite have the right playfulness of spirit, and it got bogged down (a little, not fatally) in the forlorn ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at San Francisco Chronicle
The Times of London (James Christopher)
Itâs one of the smuggest franchises in cinema, but itâs also a guilty pleasure to watch. You know the score. Steven Soderbergh gathers the usual suspects around George Clooney and Brad Pitt, and they pull off an impossible heist. ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Times of London (James Christopher)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
It has George Clooney in a classic tuxedo, looking handsome as ever, although -- or because -- some silver is streaking his hair. References to Frank Sinatra are reverential, and there's a wistful longing for the early days of Vegas, before the Dunes ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
The "Ocean's" movies are getting sillier and sillier, with plots that rely increasingly on impossible technology and stunning coincidences to function. Yet in "Ocean's Thirteen," it's more apparent than ever that Soderbergh, Clooney, and company don't ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
The Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Variety (Todd McCarthy)
As smooth as a good mojito, as stylish as an Armani suit and as meaningful in the grand scheme of things as yesterday's Las Vegas betting odds, "Ocean's Thirteen" continues the breezy good times of the first two series entries without missing a beat. By ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Variety (Todd McCarthy)
KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)
If the game were golf, Ocean's Thirteen would be a mulligan, a do-over. That's because the consensus (not shared here) was that the first sequel to Ocean's Eleven was self-indulgent and disappointing.
Well, the fun level in each ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)
Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Steven Soderbergh, director of Ocean's Thirteen, is like a vendor who came out with a great idea. His original product sold well, and he basked in the glow of success for a while. But alas, the market is fickle, so he figured he needed to do something ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
The Arizona Republic
That's certainly true of Ocean's Thirteen, a sequel (or three-quel, if you will) that returns to the vicarious fun of the first movie, Ocean's Eleven, and all but erases the not-so-fond memory of the preening ego-trip that was Ocean's Twelve. ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Arizona Republic
Orlando Weekly (Cole Haddon)
Hereâs what Oceanâs Thirteen has going for it: Itâs better than Oceanâs Twelve (which was a convoluted mess of absurdities glued together by charisma and the power of Steve Soderberghâs direction). This time around, the gang â led by Danny ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Orlando Weekly (Cole Haddon)
RopeofSilicon (Laremy Legel)
Letâs call it the curse of the 2007 trilogy. Oceanâs 13, while by no means a bad movie, is just not the way you want to end your series. It is funny, though not as funny as the others, it is entertaining, though not as entertaining as the others, and ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at RopeofSilicon (Laremy Legel)
Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
When underhanded hotelier Willy Bank (Al Pacino) screws over Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould) in a partnership deal on a new Las Vegas casino so completely that the man has a heart attack, Reuben's pals, the Danny Ocean (George Clooney) led ten, come ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
They're back. All of them. And I mean all of
them. Not only do we have the original 11
schemers back in action, led by George Clooney,
Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, et. al., but returning are
a few familiar faces from "Oceans 11" AND "Ocean
12". Hold ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at
ReelTalk (John P. McCarthy)
Ocean's Thirteen proves luckier than Twelve but less fortunate than Eleven as the plush third installment in director Steven Soderbergh's heist franchise recoups a good bit of the original's escapist fun.
Ocean's Eleven ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at ReelTalk (John P. McCarthy)
filmcritic.com (Jesse Hassenger)
The jazzy music, saturated-to-bleeding colors, and even the credits font make it clear from the outset: Ocean's Thirteen is more variety show than heist thriller. The gang of thieves from Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve is re-assembled, and while their ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at filmcritic.com (Jesse Hassenger)
CinemaZone.dk
Steven Soderbergh har i selskab med sine legekammerater fundet en ualmindelig charmerende og fornøjelig sandkasse at hygge sig i, når han og de andre har fået fri fra skole. Ocean-filmene om bandelederen Danny Ocean og hans evigt voksende familie af ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at CinemaZone.dk
Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Damn, these guys are hard to hate. Yeah, they're smug and cocksure and full of themselves. Yeah, their capers are elaborate hogwash, held together with slick editing and the hope that no one focuses too much on the details. But after the endless ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
One wonders how much my enjoyment of this third installment of the Oceans series is influenced by the fact that the second, Ocean's Twelve, had been a disappointment to most of those who loved Ocean's Eleven. Perhaps it does benefit, because if this ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
TIME Magazine (Richard Corliss)
A few Hollywood extravaganzas blow into Cannes every year, and among all the serioso European and Asian fare that dominates the Competition they're like a clown visiting a children's ward: colorful, noisy, oversize and full of professional pep, compared ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at TIME Magazine (Richard Corliss)
Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Two revenge movie movies opened back-to-back in New York: âOceanâs Thirteenâ on June 8 and, one week earlier, the documentary, âCrazy Love.â The latter film by Dan Klores, pieced together lovingly with a mass of archival photos dating from the ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
If one were superstitious enough, one might imagine that there is some danger involved in having the word âThirteenâ in the title of a movie about conning a Las Vegas casino out of millions of dollars. However, in the case of Ocean's Thirteen, the ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Movie-Vault.com (Mel Valentin)
Another summer of sequels continues with Ocean's Thirteen, the third (and likely last) entry in a loose trilogy that began six years with Ocean's Eleven, a remake of the 1961 film that featured Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack cronies. A breezy, ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Movie-Vault.com (Mel Valentin)
Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
The one wholly believable and sensible precept in Steven Soderbergh's sequel to a sequel to a remake "Ocean's Thirteen" is that Elliott Gould -- once again playing the endearingly hapless Vegas business schmoe Reuben Tishkoff -- is a guy worth saving. ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
The third in Steven Soderberghâs series of high-tech ensemble caper movies returns to Las Vegas after the European detour of the second excursion, and itâs very much like the Nevada city: bright and glitzy but ultimately ephemeral and rather silly, ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Cannes Film Festival 2007 (World Premiere, Out of Competition)--Returning to Vegas and adding several new characters and subplots to "Ocean's Thirteen" only partially resolve the narrative and structural problems faced by the popular franchise that began ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Jam! Movies
Here's the biggest ever of Danny Ocean's cons: a film so quick and so fun and so pretty that you may not even notice how silly it is.
If you do, you won't care. ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Jam! Movies
Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
Danny Ocean (George Clooney) gathers together his gang for a third casino robbery in an effort to avenge the casino ownerâs (Al Pacino) bad ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
The pleasure of a heist film like this, much like that of the old
"Mission Impossible" television program, is in seeing an
impossible task broken down into a myriad of pieces, all
seemingly unlikely, and to see each accomplished. This is not ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at
Lee's Movie Info (Lee Tistaert)
âOceanâs 13â is a stylish caper flick that has its moments, but it loses steam as thereâs not much of a plot. This ensemble is back once again after Oceanâs 12 wasnât very well received, and though thirteen does improve over the last one in ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Lee's Movie Info (Lee Tistaert)
The Seattle Times (Moira Macdonald)
"Ocean's Eleven," the 2001 Las Vegas caper from Steven Soderbergh featuring a host of Hollywood smoothies in sharp suits, was a remake of the 1960 Rat Pack film of the same name. Now, with a stop in between for a larky overseas ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Seattle Times (Moira Macdonald)
The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
earnings in a new Las Vegas hotel/casino, partnered fifty-fifty with one Willie Bank (Al Pacino) who will, to put it nicely, rip Reuben off royally, putting the man into a depression so severe, he may as well be in coma. When "our collective heroes" send ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The genius of the past decays remorselessly into the routine of the present, and one example is the downfall of the caper picture. The classic caper genre had rules set in stone. It began (1) with an impregnable fortress (vault, casino, museum, or even ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)
Another big summer weekend, another big summer sequel -- or, in this case, threequel, which arrives in theaters just a few days after last month's gigantic Hollywood blockbuster, âSpider-Shrek of the Caribbean 3,â broke all sorts of box office ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)
Cinema 2000
Danny Ocean e o seu grupo só têm uma razão para voltarem a tentar o seu mais ambicioso e arriscado golpe â defender um dos seus. Quando Willy Bank, o implacável dono de um casino, engana um dos membros originais da equipa â Reuben Tishkoff â ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Cinema 2000
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
In terms of story at least, "Ocean's Thirteen" is a considerable improvement over its predecessor, the plot-thin 2004 sequel "Ocean's ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City
The Baltimore Sun
Nobody breaks a sweat in Ocean's Thirteen; the stars (and the characters) are way too cool for that. ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Baltimore Sun
Screen International
Thirteen should produce some lucky numbers for Warner Brothers and maintain the muscular box-office momentum in the current summer of threequels. The third entry in the crime caper franchise, Ocean's Thirteen marks a return to form after the ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Screen International
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The sad thing about gamblers is that they keep trying to win back what they lost. In 2001, the supersize remake of the Rat Pack caper "Ocean's Eleven" made an action comedy feel like a privileged get-together with some of the biggest names in ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
As expected, Ocean's Thirteen possesses precisely the sort of light-hearted vibe that the series has come to be associated with - ensuring that, while generally entertaining enough (if undeniably overlong), the movie is ultimately as forgettable as both ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
L.A. Daily News
After a week's worth of original programming relief, Hollywood is back in threequel mode with "Ocean's Thirteen."
And like this season's "Spider-Man," "Shrek" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" entries, this latest foray into high-end thievery delivers ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at L.A. Daily News
The Dallas Morning News
Ocean's Thirteen looks as if it was a lot of fun to make. Which doesn't mean it's always fun to watch.
You should know the drill by now. Pretty movie stars playing thieves, led by Brad Pitt and George Clooney, plot a comically elaborate job in Vegas. ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Dallas Morning News
Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
George Clooney himself has admitted that he and the boys botched the first sequel to their gleefully enjoyable Ocean's Eleven, too busy as they were partying it up through Europe. The implication being that they'd put more effort in this third ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Standing on the Strip in Las Vegas, staring across a man-made lake at the posh Bellagio Hotel, George Clooney and Brad Pitt bemoan the changes from the good old Vegas days of the Stardust and the Sands Hotel, back when things weren't so big. ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
Steven Soderbergh and screenwriters Brian Koppelman and David Levien have two challenges with Ocean's Thirteen. First, they must distance themselves as much as possible from its immediate predecessor; second, they must try to recapture the freewheeling, ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
Off-screen
Qualâè la chiave del successo di una franchise come Oceanâs thirteen? In teoria la risposta principale è lâattrattiva evidente che gli attori divi sanno catalizzare su sé stessi, soprattutto quando si tratta di Brad Pitt o George Clooney. Le due ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Off-screen
El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)
Vuelve tras el once y el doce esta pandilla bastante light (por lo menos comparada con su espejo, los vividores del rat-pack), a sus actividades pÃcaro-sofisticadas de enredador entramado criminal. ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)
Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
In Ocean's 13, Danny Ocean (George) and Rusty Ryan (Brad) round up the troops to form an elaborate scheme to rob a brand new hotel/casino in Las Vegas. Unlike the previous two "Ocean" movies, there is no Julia Roberts, the casino is owned by Willy Bank ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
eFilmCritic.com (David Cornelius)
I find it impossible to dislike these âOceanâsâ sequels, no matter how hard they try. ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at eFilmCritic.com (David Cornelius)
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
What's it all about?
The third film in the Oceans 11 franchise sees Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould) double-crossed by unscrupulous casino owner Willy Bank (Al Pacino), leading to a heart attack that lands him in hospital in a near-catatonic state of ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
MovieWeb (Francine Brokaw)
The gang is back. Danny Ocean (George Clooney) gathers his partners in crime together when one of their own is in trouble. After Reuben (Elliott Gould) is swindled out of his partnership in a new high tech Las Vegas casino by his "former" business ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at MovieWeb (Francine Brokaw)
ReelzChannel (Thomas Leupp)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"The first half, tedious; second half, watchable." ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Movie Picture Film (Scott Hoffman)
As said to be some sort of a make up for the dismal sequel "Ocean's Twelve," this threequel (and hopefully last of the trilogy) is a major improvement over the last film, but still bores in parts.
A basic revenge story, this chapter of the "Ocean's" ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Movie Picture Film (Scott Hoffman)
Film School Rejects (Matthew Alexander)
Steven Soderbergh makes it a trilogy with his latest Oceanâs installment, Oceanâs Thirteen. Itâs not a bad movie, but like its immediate predecessor it falls far short of the first movie, and for the typical reasons that sequels generally fall ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Film School Rejects (Matthew Alexander)
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Jolie Williamson)
If you need to be reminded again just exactly why George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon are movie stars and not just actors, catch "Ocean's ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Jolie Williamson)
Preview Family Movie Review
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Ellen Barkin, Al Pacino, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Eddie Jemison, Shaobo Qin, Carl Reiner, Elliot Gould. Action adventure. Written by Brian Koppelman & David Levien. Directed ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Preview Family Movie Review
filmdeculte.com (Robert Hospyan)
On pouvait remettre en question la pertinence dâun remake signé Steven Soderbergh, qui semblait nâen avoir nullement besoin après son Oscar pour Traffic mais le résultat sâest avéré payant. Un casting de luxe pour le recyclage dâun film ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at filmdeculte.com (Robert Hospyan)
The Trades (Max Braden)
Film has a place as a serious art form, but sometimes thereâs a place for having fun even at the expense of storytelling. No movie or movie series in recent memory (save for âPirates of the Caribbeanâ maybe) has put together as many notable ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Trades (Max Braden)
kids-in-mind
In the third installment of the series George Clooney reprises his role as Danny Ocean, and this time he masterminds an elaborate plan to bring down a hotel-casino run by a heartless mogul (Al Pacino) who double-crossed his mentor (Elliott Gould). Matt ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at kids-in-mind
PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Most everyone agrees that Oceans Twelve was a disappointment. But if talking about that disappointment seems a peculiar pitch for Oceans Thirteen, it also looks pretty clever. Every time George Clooney or Bernie Mac admits to the lameness of Number Two, ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Parent Previews
The most difficult part of doing repeat performances is keeping them fresh -- something that is hard to come by in a summer already saturated with trilogies. So even if you couldn't condone the criminal activities in their previous films, Danny Ocean ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Parent Previews
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
"Ocean's Thirteen" (Warner Bros.), the third film in the stylish caper franchise, pays tribute to its roots in the "Rat Pack" Las Vegas milieu of Frank Sinatra's original 1960 "Ocean's Eleven." So, too, this second sequel to the George Clooney version of ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Time Out New York
When cooking a soufflé, the idea is to keep something so delicate from collapsing in on itself. Even some top-notch cooks canât pull it off. So letâs take a moment to acknowledge that yes, Steven Soderbergh most certainly can keep the celluloid ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Time Out New York
Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
There's a set of rules that's evolved over the one hundred years of motion pictures, which says that if you're going to make a comic film about a heist, which is what "Ocean's Thirteen" is, and is built basically on the premise that there are bad guys ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Ground zero for the boyish frolics of Ocean's Thirteen is a fabulous hotel and casino complex of red glass and steel, rising out of Las Vegas like strands of DNA.
Called The Bank, after its ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Austin Chronicle (Josh Rosenblatt)
Three films in, and Soderberghâs Oceanâs franchise has settled into a kind of hipster equanimity â happy to live in that loosely defined territory where art meets commerce and story blends seamlessly with cool. 2001âs great Oceanâs Eleven ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Austin Chronicle (Josh Rosenblatt)
Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)
As trilogies go, Steven Soderberghâs third film is strong. Having created a merry band of thieves in âOceanâs 11,â and having disappointed their fans in âOceanâs 12,â âOceanâs Thirteenâ restores our interest. Not only is the caper ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)
Empire Movies (Erin Cullin)
Before I begin my review of Ocean's 13, I have a small confession to make. Try as I may, I had some difficulty preparing an objective review of this film. After spending two hours watching Brad Pitt and George Clooney, they could have been starring in a ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Empire Movies (Erin Cullin)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
"Ocean's Thirteen" shows that while you can counterfeit many things in Hollywood, you can't fake inspiration. The latest Steven Soderbergh-directed caper movie starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt is better than the fiasco that was "Ocean's Twelve" (how ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
The Age
There are some nice moments in Ocean's Thirteen. There's Ellen Barkin being funny as a lust-struck casino executive. There's Don Cheadle going over-the-top as an Evel Knievel-type daredevil. There's a neat little story arc involving a hotel critic that ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Age
Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
Oh those aging rascals are at it again. Director Steven Soderbergh, who knows his cast of hunky actors well, delivers a slick, predictable, Ocean's formulaic, easy on the eye, summer indulgence of a film.
The caper this time out involves a nasty Las ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
Cinopsis
Valencia, Californie. Alors qu'il est au beau milieu d'un casse, Rusty Ryan reçoit un coup de fil et quitte son poste pour rejoindre Danny Ocean. Ils se rendent ensemble dans le Nevada au chevet de leur vieux pote Ruben, en pleine dépression après ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Cinopsis
Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
Ah, the joys of watching the rich get richer.
Behind all the pseudo plotting and scheming, behind all the schematics and security systems, 1960âs âOceanâs Eleven,â its 2001 remake, and the two subsequent sequels, 2004âs âOceanâs ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
How many times can you keep conning the viewers and get away with it? The answer is until they stop buying tickets for the pleasure of that privilege, or as the leader of the modern rat pack says "You don't run the same gag twiceâyou run the next gag." ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Back to basics. This seems to be the mantra for Ocean's Thirteen,
which marks the end of the Ocean's trilogy. Twelve, the widely
despised sequel, made the mistake of getting creative. They changed
the recipe and it made the people squeamish. Critics ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at
When Peter Lawford proposed the first Oceanâs 11 to Frank Sinatra, circa 1960, Frank used it as a vacation in Las Vegas for him and his Rat Pack friends. The result was a mediocre movie that didnât get a lot of audience or critical approval. But, ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at
Slant Magazine
o call the Ocean's films frivolous would be kind, implying that these arduous concoctions are somehow light on their proverbial feet. The prevailing mood is one of inconsequence, but these films also come off as insensitive, so beholden are they to a ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at Slant Magazine
The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)
Like Rat Packers Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. that came decades before them, the "Ocean's" franchise has been but an excuse to put such Hollywood movie stars as George Clooney (2005's "Syriana"), Brad Pitt (2006's "Babel") and Matt ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)
ReelTalk (Betty Jo Tucker)
Call me a cockeyed optimist, but even when Iâm disappointed with a movie, I still look forward to its remake and sequels. Such is the case with Oceanâs Thirteen, the second follow-up to Oceanâs Eleven, an updating of the 1960 film starring Frank ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at ReelTalk (Betty Jo Tucker)
The Guardian (Peter Bradshaw)
Another week, another big fat threequel. We've had Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and Spider-Man 3. (Shrek 3 is still to come.) Now it is the turn of this fantastically smug, empty picture, which comes complete with a nasty-tasting dab of misogyny. As this ...read the complete Ocean's Thirteen movie review at The Guardian (Peter Bradshaw)
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