Ocean's 11 may not be deep, but it's certainly fun

Slick, smooth, and shiny. Ocean's 11 has the right look for a cool robbery movie, with fast-paced action slipping the movie through an increasingly clever plot. Of course, the stunning cast certainly helps keep eyes glued to the screen, but this movie would have been attention grabbing even without the star overflow.

Ocean's 11 is one of the few movie remakes that's actually better than the original, with better direction and a more interesting blank. The film starts out with the infamous thief Daniel Ocean- played to debonair perfection by George Clooney- being released from prison and setting out to begin a new robbery.

Of course, this is no ordinary robbery. In fact, it's a larger-than-life casino job, with Ocean heading the whole operation. To pull off a job this big, though, ocean's going to need quite a crew, beginning with his longtime buddy Rusty (Brad Pitt).

But back to the movie. Before acquiring a crew for their robbery of the most secure casino vault ever- which, by the way, holds the money of three casinos- Rusty and Ocean need support. And they've got it, in terms of a slighted ex-casino owner, whose casino was put of business by the owner of these three casinos, Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia).

So with monetary issues covered for the moment, Pitt and Clooney set out on their highly entertaining quest for an 11-member crew. Stars pile on, including Matt Damon as an inexperienced but skilled pickpocket and Bernie Mac as a casino worker who provides the inside scoop on Benedict's casinos. Don Cheadle is absolutely hilarious as a demolition expert, giving a remarkable performance in a sea of good performances.

As Rusty and Ocean detail their complicated plans to pull off the innovative robbery, Ocean's personal life comes into play. Julia Roberts plays his ex-wife, now dating Benedict, revealing ulterior motives for Ocean's robbery.

The movie may not be very deep, but it's certainly entertaining, and it's clearly not intended as a serious, dramatic film. For pure simplistic fun, dive right into Ocean's 11- it's a blast.