Ocean's Twelve (2004)

Ocean’s Twelve: Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, George Clooney, Ed Kross. Daniel Ocean recruits one more team member so he can pull off three major European heists in this sequel to Ocean’s Eleven (2001).

“The scene between Danny, Rusty, Linus, and Matsui where Danny and Rusty laugh uncomfortably at Matsuiu0026#39;s gibberish joke says it all. Everyone in this movie expected us to enjoy whatever was put in front of us, because this is just a u0026quot;safe pictureu0026quot;, as Matt Damonu0026#39;s boyfriend would say would say. So, what went wrong? There are so many obvious in-jokes, cheap jokes, leaps of logic that even die hard Oceanu0026#39;s Eleven fans should feel cheated. The f**k scene with Basher is a good example of the sledgehammer type of joking this movie expects us to swallow graciously. These stars think that we are so involved with them that all they need to do is show us that they can make fun of themselves. I donu0026#39;t know the name of Julia Robertsu0026#39; daughter; and I donu0026#39;t care. All those scenes with Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis are painful in their smugness. This movie feels like a bunch of friends got together and decided, on a whim, to make a movie. Steven Soderbergh should get full marks for making Oceanu0026#39;s Eleven work and full blame for this sequel. He should have told everyone to work first and play second.”