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Ocean's Eleven

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Ocean's Eleven (1960)

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Reviews Counted:25

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Rotten:13

Average Rating:5.3/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 7 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Frank Sinatra stars as Danny Ocean in this crime comedy about a former paratrooper, who talks ten other ex-members of the 82nd Airborne into a plan to take five of the biggest casinos in Las Vegas... Frank Sinatra stars as Danny Ocean in this crime comedy about a former paratrooper, who talks ten other ex-members of the 82nd Airborne into a plan to take five of the biggest casinos in Las Vegas for a few million dollars on New Year's Eve. Of course among the group are the legendary members of the Rat Pack: Sam Harmon (Dean Martin), Jimmy Foster (Peter Lawford), Josh Howard (Sammy Davis Jr.), and Mushy O'Connors (Joey Bishop). Danny, whose marriage to Bea (Angie Dickinson) is on thin ice, feels the skills he acquired in the service will prove more profitable in the criminal world. Not all the prospective thieves are self serving; the injured Tony Bergdorf (Richard Conte) needs the money for his son's education. But most of the men, like Josh, who won the Distinguished Service Medal and now drives a garbage truck, feel they deserved better from their country. It appears that Danny has drawn up the perfect heist--assuming they can steer clear of Duke Santos (Cesar Romero), an ex-con (and Jimmy's prospective father-in-law) who's caught wind of their scheme. [More]

Starring: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Peter Lawford

Starring: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson, Richard Conte, Cesar Romero, Patrice Wymore

Director: Lewis Milestone

Director: Lewis Milestone
Producer: Lewis Milestone
Screenwriter: Harry Brown, Charles Lederer
Composer: Nelson Riddle

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There are many incidental pleasures to be had.

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06/10/09
Colin Kennedy
Colin Kennedy
Empire Magazine
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Considering the iconic status of all involved, the result is disappointing.

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06/10/09
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The heist itself, though, is a superb piece of movie-making.

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06/24/06
Time Out
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There are just too many main characters for any of them to develop any depth, too many shots of casino signs sparkling in the night, and too little pace and plot to pull the whole thing together.

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11/12/01
Tom Coates
Tom Coates
BBC
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Sinatra, Davis, and Martin performed their club acts at night and worked on this Las Vegas-set film during the day, and the good time they were having fairly jumps off the screen.

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06/10/09
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Laboring under the handicaps of a contrived script, an uncertain approach and personalities in essence playing themselves, the production never quite makes its point, but romps along merrily unconcerned that it doesn't.

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06/10/09
Variety Staff
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Variety
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Terminally boring.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
06/10/09
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

No review available.

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10/16/07
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

One suspects that the most memorable moments occurred off-camera.

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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

No review available.

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07/02/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Young people are likely to find this more appropriate and bewitching than do their elders. The latter are likely to feel less gleeful in the presence of heroes who rob and steal.

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05/09/05
Bosley Crowther
Bosley Crowther
New York Times
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No review available.

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03/25/05
Greg Maki
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Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

No review available.

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08/20/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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02/08/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

No review available.

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08/04/03
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

Sluggishly paced, shoddily staged, and featuring a plot full of inconsistencies

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04/25/03
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

At least as entertaining as the remake. Probably better.

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03/27/03
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

Tepid. The idea is so much better than the execution.

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03/12/03
Edward Johnson-Ott
Edward Johnson-Ott
NUVO Newsweekly

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11/25/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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10/11/02
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
 
 
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