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(About Our Ads) "OCEAN'S TWELVE" (2004) (George Clooney, Brad Pitt) (PG-13) Alcohol/ Drugs Blood/Gore Disrespectful/ Bad Attitude Frightening/ Tense Scenes Guns/ Weapons Moderate Minor Heavy None Mild Imitative Behavior Jump Scenes Music (Scary/Tense) Music (Inappropriate) Profanity Mild Minor None None Heavy Sex/ Nudity Smoking Tense Family Scenes Topics To Talk About Violence Moderate Moderate Mild Mild Mild QUICK TAKE: Drama: Given just two weeks to repay the casino boss they robbed of millions three year earlier or else face the consequences, a team of criminals set out to pull off various European heists. PLOT: It's been more than three years since criminal ringleader Danny Ocean (GEORGE CLOONEY) and his team -- Rusty Ryan (BRAD PITT), Reuben Tishkoff (ELLIOT GOULD), Basher Tarr (DON CHEADLE), Livingston Dell (EDDIE JEMISON), Linus Caldwell (MATT DAMON), Frank Catton (BERNIE MAC), Yen (SHAOBO QIN), Saul Bloom (CARL REINER) and brothers Virgil (CASEY AFFLECK) and Turk (SCOTT CAAN) -- knocked off three Vegas faults and made off with more than $160 million. All have gone their separate ways and pursued various endeavors, but the casinos' owner, Terry Benedict (ANDY GARCIA), has neither forgotten about nor forgiven them for their crime or for Danny getting his ex-wife, Tess (JULIA ROBERTS), to dump Terry in favor of getting back with Danny. For the past years, he and his henchmen have been tracking them down, and with a bit of insider information, he's managed to find them. Given just two weeks to pay back all of the money -- with interest -- or else face Benedict's wrath, Danny and his team realize they're too hot to work in America, so they head off to Europe. There, they meet with a local contact, Matsui (ROBBIE COLTRANE), who arranges a small job for them with the deal being that if they're successful, they'll get a bigger one. With time running out, they set out to do just that. Along the way, however, they must not only deal with Rusty's past relationship and recent reunion with Europol detective Isabel Lahiri (CATHERINE ZETA-JONES) who's soon hot on their trail, but also François Toulour (VINCENT CASSEL), a local criminal mastermind known as the Night Fox who wants to prove he's the world's best thief by besting their accomplishments. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? If they enjoyed the first one and/or are fans of anyone in the large cast, they probably will. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13 For language. CAST AS ROLE MODELS: GEORGE CLOONEY plays the leader of the criminal team who's charming, smart and debonair, drinks some, and tries to set up and execute various heists to save his and the others' hides from Benedict. BRAD PITT plays his partner-in-crime who helps him pull off the heist and drinks some, all while dealing with his former girlfriend who's a Europol agent now hot on their trail. ANDY GARCIA plays the ruthless owner of the casinos who wants his stolen money back and gives Danny and the others just two weeks to repay him. He smokes cigars. JULIA ROBERTS plays Danny's twice-married wife who's reluctantly pulled into a con in an attempt to help her husband. ELLIOT GOULD plays a former casino owner who assists in the new heists, smokes cigars and uses some brief profanity. MATT DAMON plays the former pickpocket who wants a bigger role in the criminal team. VINCENT CASSEL plays a local criminal mastermind who wants to challenge Danny to find out who's the world's greatest thief. He drinks some. DON CHEADLE plays the explosives expert who helps the team achieve their goals. He uses profanity (1 "f" word and many bleeped out ones). CASEY AFFLECK and SCOTT CAAN play the siblings who assist in the heists. BERNIE MAC plays a former casino card dealer who's part of the team. CARL REINER plays the senior member of the team who decides not to participate in the heists. EDDIE JEMISON plays another team member. SHAOBO QIN plays the former acrobat and limber contortionist who's part of the team. CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO HOW OTHERS RATED THIS MOVIE Curious if this title is entertaining, any good, and/or has any artistic merit? Then read OUR TAKE of this film. (Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below). OUR WORD TO PARENTS: The following is a quick look at the content found in this dramatic caper that's been rated PG-13. Profanity consists of at least 1 "f" word (and a slew of them are bleeped out in another scene, although one can tell that's what's being said), while other expletives and colorful phrases are uttered. Other imitative behavior is also present, including that exhibited by the criminals who have bad attitudes for their unlawful ways (although it's all played for slick/charming/lightweight comedy). Some women are seen in somewhat revealing attire, various classic style statues show both male and female nudity and some women are seen in bed (implying sex as men are seen in the same room, albeit out of bed). Various characters drink and/or smoke, there's a brief funeral scene, and mild violence includes an empty car exploding, some people briefly holding guns on others, and some brief struggling or hitting. Finally, a tiny bit of crude humor-based dialogue is present. Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content. For those prone to visually induced motion sickness, some shaky, handheld camerawork as well as some unusual camera angles (such as the sideways shot of an airliner flying by with the camera panning to follow it) may induce such reactions. ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE Rusty has wine in a flashback. People have beer and wine with dinner. We see a lot of liquor bottles on a bar and various tables in Yen's place. Saul has a drink. Miscellaneous people drink in a club. An art collector/recluse drinks. Rusty, Danny and another member drink. Rusty and Isabel have wine in the past. Danny refills his empty drink. Miscellaneous drinking occurs. We see a bottle of champagne in a bucket in the Night Fox's place. The Night Fox has a drink. Basher has a beer. Rusty and Danny have wine while watching TV. Mesmerized by that, Danny blindly attempts to pour Rusty some more, but misses his glass altogether. Rusty has a drink. Danny and Tess have wine, while the Night Fox has champagne. Most of the team members drink. BLOOD/GORE After being chastised for banging on a bathroom door, Reuben tells another member that he has to sit on the toilet or "I'm gonna sh*t on your feet." DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE All of the criminals obviously have bad attitudes for what they do and/or try to accomplish (that includes stealing things, misrepresenting themselves, etc.). Isabel forges a signature on a police authorization form (after being turned down for her request that needed that signature). FRIGHTENING SCENES None. GUNS/WEAPONS As Rusty walks toward his cars while on the phone with Benedict, one of Rusty's empty cars suddenly explodes. Isabel returns to her place, realizes someone is there and spins around with her gun drawn (but it's only Rusty). Police briefly struggle with Danny while arresting him (with one officer holding his gun on him). IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR Phrases: "For f*ck's sake," "Are you people retarded?" "Jeez," "You called his niece a whore," "Freak," "Sucks," "Who the hell..." "Pissed off," "Such an ape," "Geezer," "Bloody," "Pain in the ass," "Pretty damn accurate," "You've gone right out of your tree," "What the hell is going on (with you guys)?" "I'm freaking out" and "Where the hell have you been?" It's possible some kids could want to imitate some of the criminal activity that occurs here (particularly since it's presented in a "cool" fashion). Rusty has a large tattoo or tattoos on his arm. Upon the notion of traveling to Amsterdam, one of the guys comments, "Those German girls are really hot." After Linus unsuccessfully tries to participate in a bit of code-based dialogue, Rusty later tells him that he called another man's young niece a "whore." Yen folds himself into a large duffle bag/rolling suitcase as part of the team's plan (and others wheel him off to be put in a train's cargo hold). Yen jumps and does flips on a bed. A miscellaneous character has tattoos. Some of the team members stage a fake fight and struggling as a distraction on a train (to make a bag switch). JUMP SCENES As Rusty walks toward his cars while on the phone with Benedict, one of Rusty's empty cars suddenly explodes. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) None. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) None. PROFANITY At least 1 "f" word (with many other bleeped out ones in another scene), 1 "s" word, 4 hells, 2 craps, 1 ass, 1 damn, 1 S.O.B., 7 uses of "Oh my God," 3 each of "God" and "Jesus," 2 of "Oh God" and 1 use each of "Christ," "For Christ's sakes" and "Jesus Christ." Basher and a recording engineer or manager listen to a recorded song in the studio that has many bleeped out "f" words in it. Basher and that man then discuss those bleeps, using many "f" words that are drowned out by a noise in the studio (all played for laughs, but one can easily tell what word they're using by associated phrases and by reading their lips). SEX/NUDITY Rusty goes over and gives Isabel a kiss in bed (she's in a nightgown and mostly under the sheets, he's fully clothed). Isabel shows a bit of cleavage. We see a low-angle view of a young woman in a very short and tight skirt (with the camera almost seeing up it as she ascends some steps). Upon the notion of traveling to Amsterdam, one of the guys comments, "Those German girls are really hot." After Linus unsuccessfully tries to participate in a bit of code-based dialogue, Rusty later tells him that he called another man's young niece a "whore." As a woman lies in bed (no nudity), we see the Night Fox pull on some lightweight/sheer pants and walk by shirtless. A miscellaneous woman shows some cleavage in her midriff-revealing top. We briefly see various classic style statues that show bare breasts, butts and male full frontal nudity. A miscellaneous woman shows some cleavage. SMOKING Reuben smokes or holds cigars at least 9 times, Benedict does the same at least 4 times while some miscellaneous characters smoke (one a pipe) in a few other scenes. TENSE FAMILY SCENES We briefly see Isabel at a funeral that we later learn was her mother's (but nothing more is made of this except for a later identifying comment -- meaning there's no other grief-related material). We hear that Isabel's father was a thief who died in jail, but we later learn that the latter is not true. TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT How the criminals and their action are portrayed as cool, and how they get away with their crimes both here and from the first film. Agoraphobia (a minor character is said to have that). VIOLENCE As Rusty walks toward his cars while on the phone with Benedict, one of Rusty's empty cars suddenly explodes. Police briefly struggle with Danny while arresting him (with one officer holding his gun on him). Tess slaps, slugs (in the arm) and elbows Danny's leg while mad at him for not telling her what was going on. Some of the team members stage a fake fight and struggling as a distraction on a train. Reviewed December 6, 2004 / Posted December 10, 2004