Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, George Clooney

It's been three years since Danny Ocean, and his crew--fronted by detail man, Rusty Ryan, up-and-coming pickpocket Linus Caldwell, explosives expert Basher Tarr, and safecracker Frank Catton--pulled o...( read more  read more... )ff one of the most audacious and lucrative heists in history, robbing ruthless entrepreneur Terry Benedict of every dime stored in his impenetrable Las Vegas vault. After splitting the $160 million take, each one of the infamous Ocean's crew has tried to go straight, lay low and have a legit life, but that's proven to be a challenge--much to the chagrin of Danny's wife Tess. When someone breaks rule number one and rats them out to Benedict, going straight is no longer an option; he wants his $160 million back--with interest, or else. And as the gang quickly discovers, Benedict isn't the only powerful person in the world looking for Ocean's Eleven.

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PG-13, 2 hrs. 5 min.

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh

Release Date: December 10, 2004

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DVD Release Date: April 12, 2005

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  • November 4, 2009
    Danny's crew are back together as Tony Bennett wants his money back with interest. They go to Europe to pull off some robberies to repay their debt. This storyline isn't as good as the first but it is still very clever and you can't help but swoon at Brad and George. Bruce Willis...( read more) makes a cameo and Julia Roberts pretends to play herself Julia Roberts.
  • August 27, 2009
    Apart from some nice camera work, this film is really, really fucking awful. The part where Julia Roberts pretends to Bruce Willis that she is Julia Roberts is one of the worst crimes in cinema ever made. There's Nothing intelligent here, its all fairly unforgivable...
  • June 5, 2009
    I know, I"ll get flack for this, but I may have even like it better than the first one...
  • December 14, 2008
    Not as good compared to the first or third it really didn't have a point.
  • November 1, 2008
    "You cross one ocean, you face them all"

    After pulling off the heist of their lives, Danny Ocean and his pals unexpectedly find themselves back in harness in this sequel to 2001's blockbuster hit Ocean's Eleven. After robbing a cool $160 million from the Bellaggio Hotel...( read more) Casino and winning back his former wife, Tess (Julia Roberts), from Bellagio owner Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), Danny Ocean (George Clooney) is living quietly on the lam in Connecticut when he's unexpectedly approached by Benedict. It seems Benedict has tracked down Danny and the ten men who helped him pull off the seemingly impossible robbery, and Benedict offers them a proposal -- if they can repay the $160 million in two weeks, he won't have them killed. As it turns out, both Danny and his best friend, Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), haven't been doing so well in terms of money management and could use some cash, so they set out to plan a robbery to recover the loot, with the same crew helping out -- Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon), Frank Catton (Bernie Mac), Basher Tarr (Don Cheadle), Saul Bloom (Carl Reiner), Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould), Livingston Dell (Eddie Jemison), Yen (Shaobo Qin), Virgil Malloy (Casey Affleck), and his brother Turk (Scott Caan). Danny and Rusty discover that an incredibly rare Fabergé egg is being displayed at a museum in Rome which would fetch the price they need, but they soon discover a notorious cat burglar, François Toulour (Vincent Cassel), is also after the egg, and it turns into a race to see who can claim it first. Adding to the intrigue is Isabel Lahiri (Catherine Zeta-Jones), a woman Rusty used to be involved with who is now a top agent with Interpol and is after both Toulour and Ocean's crew. Shot on location in both the United States and Europe, Ocean's Twelve was, like its precursor, directed by the stylish Steven Soderbergh, who also photographed the picture under his nom de lens, Peter Andrews.

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    I really enjoyed Ocean's Eleven, and wanted to like this movie as much. There were moments with the kind of fun, witty interaction in the first movie, but mostly it just felt like the screenplay was an effort to give some camera time to each of the 12 actors. There really wasn't enough effort (or time) to give us more than a glimpse of any of them, and it made for a jumpy, confusing movie.

    Also, there's a subplot involving Julia Roberts's character that's just brutal. If you want to make people forget they're watching a bunch of movie stars, don't give one of them the complete vanity treatment like Julia gets in this movie.
  • November 10, 2009
    this is a boring compare to the original one. i was excited to see this one bcoz i was impressed by ocean's 11.but oceans 12 gives me nothing... Ocean's 12" get's more and more confusing through out the film..its a waste of time
  • November 8, 2009
    I liked the first one but I think they were pushing it a bit much with the sequel, but saying that it was worth seeing once.
  • November 7, 2009
    I didn't care for this sequel that much!
  • November 3, 2009
    Still prefer Ocean's 11.
  • November 2, 2009
    I am only interested in the original Ocean's 11 with the Rat Pack!

Critic Reviews


May 4, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

So insubstantial as to barely register as an actual film. full review

December 11, 2004
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

It does the hard work of being a light, smartly turned-out amusement, the sort of thing that's becoming more and more rare on the movie landscape these days. full review

December 10, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

Much of the movie feels improvised, with laid-back actors tossing off one-liners that work far more often than they don't. full review

December 10, 2004
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

The pleasures are entirely in the digressions, which are silly and often delightful. full review

December 10, 2004
David Edelstein, Slate

If a caper comedy can't sustain a narrative line, all the goofy set-pieces in the world will come to naught. full review

December 10, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Soderbergh and his scenarists, George Clayton Johnson, Jack Golden Russell and George Nolfi, are doing a jazz riff. This isn't a caper movie at all, it's an improvisation on caper themes. full review

December 9, 2004
Claudia Puig, USA Today

The real-life camaraderie of Clooney, Pitt, Damon and the rest translates to the screen with charm and verve. full review

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Comments


  • sportboy
    February 21, 2008
    I haven't seen it but it looks great.
  • CraziErinE
    November 30, 2007
    Infamous, they are talking about the scene where Julia Roberts is actually in the movie as herself for one scene.
  • InfamousHu
    June 6, 2007
    To the person under me. Introducing Tess as Julia Roberts is a JOKE, cause Julia Roberts plays the character named Tess in the film. Get it ??? Wow, unbelievable.
  • rogertiwana
    February 4, 2007
    hi , i just want to tell you tht , in the film ocean's twelve , the girl acting as julia roberts is not actually julia roberts , she is the GIRL NAMING"TESS" orginally , her face is so resemblance to julia roberts tht no 1 can judge it tht she is not julia....for a re check of yours just watch the movie again , and check the films end casting , where it's clearly written , """"INTRODUCING 'TESS' AS 'JULIA ROBERTS' '''''''''""""""""
  • janethdenise
    July 5, 2006
    HI PLP THIS MOVIE ITS SO SO SO SO....NADA É BWE FX YA GOLPES FALADOS.GATUNOS COM CLASSE YA NINGUEM LHES AGUENTA

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