Okay, I know just about every critic has referred to this film as fun, either approvingly or dismissively. Still, that is the best way to refer to it. Is it formulaic? Heck, yeah. So what? So are most of the movies that go out of their way trying not to be. At least here, the camp value is played to the hilt. The only way to play camp value, of course. All involved look like their having fun, and that translates to a really fun, breezy flick. Self-consciously entertaining, but not to the point of condescending to its audience. Its a good, old-fashioned, Hollywood entertainment with bigger-than-life movie stars actually allowed to be the bigger-than-life movie stars we all know them to be. A meaningful artistic achievement? Perhaps not, but its fun and you can tell that it was trying to be. I achieved its mission, and I am not complaining.
Review of Ocean's Eleven
