Ocean’s 13 beats the odds

Ocean’s 13 beats the odds cannes report Steven Soderbergh’s caper movie wows the crowds at a remarkably dud-free festival, says Sukhdev Sandhu
By Sukhdev Sandhu
25 May 2007
The Daily Telegraph

Where are the turkeys? It’s a question that has been on the lips of many Cannes veterans this year. The 60th anniversary of the festival has passed by with barely a hint of controversy. Those of us who exult in the high drama of a previously venerated auteur getting laughed out of town, or of audiences booing films – as happened last year with Richard Kelly’s still-unreleased Shortland Tales – have been disappointed.

Many people thought that the world première of Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s 13, screening out of competition and adding a bit of Hollywood glitz to proceedings, might be that turkey. After all, Ocean’s 12 was an awfully lazy piece of self-indulgence. This time, George Clooney’s team of coders, safe-crackers and confidence tricksters decide to gang up on casino owner Al Pacino after he double-crosses Elliot Gould. The set-up lingo is as impenetrable as ever, but there are some fascinating insights into casino technology, and some of the banter – “You should settle down. Have a couple of kids,” Clooney tells Pitt – is agreeably knowing.

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