Ocean's Twelve (2004)

Director:

Steven Soderbergh

Writers (WGA):

George Nolfi (written by)
George Clayton Johnson (characters) ...

Release Date:

10 December 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

You cross one ocean, you face them all

Plot:

Daniel Ocean recruits one more team member so he can pull off three major European heists in this sequel to Ocean's 11.

Plot Keywords:

Heist | Thief | Sequel | Con Artist | Revenge

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Brad Pitt	...	Rusty Ryan
Catherine Zeta-Jones	...	Isabel Lahiri
George Clooney	...	Danny Ocean
Ed Kross	...	Bank Officer
Julia Roberts	...	Tess Ocean
Don Tiffany	...	House Painter
Anne Jacques	...	Shop Owner
David Sontag	...	Plainclothes Goon #1
Larry Sontag	...	Plainclothes Goon #2
Andy Garcia	...	Terry Benedict
Casey Affleck	...	Virgil Malloy
Dina Connolly	...	Virgil's Fiancée
Scott Caan	...	Turk Malloy
Nelson Peltz	...	Partygoer
Mini Anden	...	Supermodel

Also Known As:

Ocean's 12 (USA) (alternative spelling)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language.

Runtime:

125 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Dutch | French | Italian | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS (8 channels)

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Portugal:M/12 | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Chile:14 | Czech Republic:12 | Denmark:A | Finland:S | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | Iceland:L | Netherlands:AL | Norway:A | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | UK:12A (original rating) | UK:12 (video rating) (2005) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #41268) | Greece:K

Filming Locations:

's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The white van in which the Fabergé egg is being transported in, is actually from an existing security company, whose name is visible on the side in certain shots (Group 4 Falck). They handle security and emergency services (ambulance and fire brigade) in the UK and Denmark.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: (At 60:30) As Ocean is talking to Nightfox at his home, before the two conspire to steal the Fabergé egg, you can see a small bug crawl from the top side of his left collar on down his shirt.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Rusty Ryan: Hi.
Isabel Lahiri: How'd it go?
Rusty Ryan: Lousy.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Ben Affleck/Nelly (#30.1)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Faust 72

A mess

If you enjoy the excruciatingly tedious opening scenes, by all means stay. If you are bored to tears and you hope that it will get better, leave immediately. It gets far worse. The plot is incomprehensible, the pacing nonexistent, the chemistry between the characters absent. Zeta-Jones is eye candy, but I recommend watching a T-Mobile commercial instead.

Clooney and Roberts have some chemistry, but it goes unused. The writers (sic) and director (siccer) provide no vehicle whatsoever for them to harness said chemistry for entertainment purposes.

I'm glad that the actors had fun making this film. I had fun in Europe, too. Europe is fun, especially post election here in the US of A. My recommendation: The cast should bring their personal digital photos and video from their trip to the Oprah show; without a doubt, that would provide a great deal more entertainment and make a great deal more sense than this embarrassment of a film.