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Directed by Stephen Soderbergh, Ocean’s 13 stars no less than Clooney, Brad Pitt, Al Pacino, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia and Elliott Gould. Third in the Soderbergh series, it follows the 2004 sequel Ocean's Twelve and the 2001 Ocean's Eleven.

The first ‘Ocean’s’ film was a smart remake of the 1960 movie of the same name, a time-of-your-life crime caper – and Soderbergh reappropriates the same style for this latest movie. Clooney as Danny Ocean assembles the boys for a third blag, this time an act of reprisal. Crew member Reuben (Elliot Gould) is crossed by his partner Willy Bank (Al Pacino), who, as one of Las Vegas’ most hated businessmen, has been helping him build a Super Casino. When Reuben suffers a heart attack and ends up in hospital, Ocean tries to help out his old friend. He and his crew decide to bring Banks down, even allying themselves with their former enemy, casino owner Terry Benedict.  

As usual, the plan - to bankrupt Bank’s casino on the opening night – is elaborate, dangerous, and damn near impossible. But a lot’s possible if you don’t really obey the laws of physics or logic.

Critics have been quick to highlight the number of stars in the cast and the money spent making the movie, and rightly so. “Superficial, impossible glamour—a lie lofted into the stratosphere by grotesque amounts of Hollywood cash,” remarked one critic. Or, as Brad Pitt put it in an interview at Cannes, “we simply want to entertain people.”   That simple? Yes. This is nothing more than entertainment at its purest, demonstrating that superficial, meaningless, and easy-to-forget can be enjoyable. Thirteen is for the evenings you want to think about nothing, and take a break from your everyday problems. With hot guys in suits for the women. And no hidden messages or meanings. 

Obviously, as David Germain on rottentomatoes.com warns, the outcome of the movie is “unimaginatively clear: categorical victory for the rascally good guys, utter defeat and humiliation for the villain.” But if this is the last Ocean, they’ve come up trumps. Whether you enjoy it really only depends on your angle.
 

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