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Review of Ocean's Eleven (2001) by kcookandcatsco: 👍 9.0/10

I can't believe I've never left a review for this film!

It's one of my ALL-TIME favorites, and, in fact, if you scroll to my Awards page, you'll find that David Holmes's soundtrack won Ocean's Eleven Greatest Music!

So I can't not have a review for it.

Uh, what do I love, what do I love...

Well, I've seen it probably 150 times? Maybe more like 100-120 if you don't count lengthy-but-partial watches. Next to American Psycho, this is the most rewatchable film in my entire oeuvre, and I know that for a fact, because I've watched it more times than any film besides American Psycho (uncountable, how many times I've seen that one).

Like, I used to watch Disney movies on repeat as a kid (my neglectful, horrible mother and the VCR technology timeline aligned perfectly), and I don't think I've seen any of them as much as I've seen Ocean's Eleven.

I think this might be one of the most accessible films of all time, too. I could and would (and have) show this to anyone, and if they somehow don't like it, that tells me a lot about them, probably everything I need to know.

Every scene hits. The script is dynamite. Every actor here is at the height of their powers (except Don Cheadle, who is for sure at the absolute nadir of his accent-work powers), and there's really not a thing I'd change about it.

Movie magic, this one. I just had to get something down, too, so I had something to link to in the Medium article about the Best of the Best!s 😅

Hey! Go take a look at your own awards page and give some Best of the Best! awards, if you have yet to. Shoo shoo!