Ocean's Thirteen (2007)

Director:

Steven Soderbergh

Writers (WGA):

Brian Koppelman (written by) &
David Levien (written by) ...

Release Date:

8 June 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

What are the odds of getting even? 13 to one.

Plot:

Danny Ocean rounds up the boys for a third heist, after casino owner Willy Bank double-crosses one of the original eleven, Reuben Tishkoff.

Plot Keywords:

Casino | Heart Attack | Heist | Revenge | Caper Comedy

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Brad Pitt	...	Rusty Ryan
George Clooney	...	Danny Ocean
Matt Damon	...	Linus Caldwell
Michael Mantell	...	Dr. Stan
Elliott Gould	...	Reuben Tishkoff
Ray Xifo	...	Reuben's Butler
Al Pacino	...	Willy Bank
Adam Lazarre-White	...	Bank's Junior Executive
Eddie Jemison	...	Livingston Dell
Don Cheadle	...	Basher Tarr
Shaobo Qin	...	Yen / Mr. Weng
Casey Affleck	...	Virgil Malloy
Scott Caan	...	Turk Malloy
Bernie Mac	...	Frank Catton
Carl Reiner	...	Saul Bloom

Also Known As:

13 (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
Ocean's 13 (USA) (alternative spelling)
Ahora son 13 (Argentina) (Mexico) (Venezuela) [es]
Тринадцать друзей Оушена (Russia) [ru]
Danny Ocean 13 (Canada: French title) [fr]
Dannyho partáci 3 (Czech Republic) [cs]
Dannyho trinástka (Slovakia) [sk]
I symmoria ton dekatrion (Greece) [el]
Ocean's 13 (Serbia) [sr]
Ocean's 13 (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Ocean's 13 (France) [fr]
Ocean's Thirteen (Germany) [de]
Oceani kolmteist (Estonia) [et]
Oceanovih trinaest (Croatia) [hr]
Treze Homens e um Novo Segredo (Brazil) [pt]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief sensuality.

Runtime:

122 min | Croatia:114 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:PG | Finland:K-7 | UK:PG | Germany:o.Al. | Norway:A | Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43446) | Netherlands:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | Australia:PG | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Italy:T | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/12 | France:U | South Korea:12 | Denmark:A | Sweden:Btl | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Malaysia:U | Brazil:10 | New Zealand:PG | India:UA

Filming Locations:

Bellagio Casino & Hotel - 3600 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

In the scene where Danny and Rusty reminisce about their first respective encounters with Reuben, they list the casinos on the Vegas strips where Reuben taught them to gamble and, presumably, how to perform their first cons. These casinos are the same casinos that are robbed in the original Ocean's Eleven (1960): The Sands, Desert Inn, Flamingo, Riviera and Sahara.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the explosion goes off to loosen the cage with the diamonds to be lifted by the helicopter, that helicopter is flying close to the top of the roof when the smoke comes out, but the smoke is not affected in any way, instead of being blown away by the fan effect of the helicopter's rotor. Obviously we are seeing a helicopter model without rotors.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Rusty Ryan: [answering phone] Yeah. Shit. Where is he? Gotta go.

Movie Connections:

References "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)

Soundtrack:

Hansel and Pretzel

Entertaining Yet Forgettable

I went to see this movie with only one expectation, surely it cant be as bad as the second film. On this front i was greatly pleased as the sense of smugness surrounding twelve has been completely lost. The only real problem i had was that after the film finished i really struggled to remember anything particularly about it.

The performances were all OK but no one really stood out, whereas Matt Damon was the only person i didn't want to slap in twelve, he never gets the chance to shine. Al Pacino has no chance to make a memorable villain out of the limited screen time leaving you not really caring if they can pull off the job or not. Clooney and Pitt also do an OK job of an average script, but it never rises above OK.

The area i think this film falls down is with a cast that is too big, while inventive and different in the first film, just hinders this one. There are too many people trying to get their five minutes on screen to really give a damn. Maybe this is the directors feels we already care about them as we know the characters, when in reality the damage caused by twelve was enough to need character building again. Arguably a plot on a smaller scale would have been better with a sharp focus on one or two characters as in the first film.

While flashy this film is all about style over substance and if you are looking for a shallow but entertaining summer movie this may just be it.