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List Price: $12.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 3857
Released: April 12, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
They're back. And then some. Twelve is the new eleven when Danny Ocean and pals return in a sequel to the cool caper that saw them pull off a $160 million heist. But 160 million doesn't go as far as it used to. Not with everyone spending like sailors on leave. Not with a mysterious someone stalking Danny and crew. It's time to pull off another stunner of a plan?or plans. With locations including Amsterdam, Paris and Rome, the direction of Steven Soderbergh and the original cast plus Catherine Zeta-Jones and others, Twelve is your lucky number.
Description of Ocean's Twelve:
Like its predecessor Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve is a piffle of a caper, a preposterous plot given juice and vitality by a combination of movie star glamour and the exuberant filmmaking skill of director Steven Soderbergh (Out of Sight, The Limey). The heist hijinks of the first film come to roost for a team of eleven thieves (including the glossy mugs of Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, and Don Cheadle), who find themselves pursued not only by the guy they robbed (silky Andy Garcia), but also by a top-notch detective (plush Catherine Zeta-Jones) and a jealous master thief (well-oiled Vincent Cassel) who wants to prove that team leader Danny Ocean (dapper George Clooney) isn't the best in the field. As if all that star power weren't enough--and the eternally coltish Julia Roberts also returns as Ocean's wife--one movie star cameo raises the movie's combined wattage to absurd proportions. But all these handsome faces are matched by Soderbergh's visual flash, cunning editing, and excellent use of Amsterdam, Paris, and Rome, among other highly decorative locations. The whole affair should collapse under the weight of its own silliness, but somehow it doesn't--the movie's raffish spirit and offhand wit soar along, providing lightweight but undeniable entertainment. --Bret Fetzer
Ocean's Twelve Reviews:
The weakest of the three by FAR 
2009-11-30 - Quick Summary:
Imagine if the Ocean's crew were dropped, without explanation, into a non-comedic version of the old Pink Panther movies, while the director tried to pretend that it hadn't happened.
Full version:
After the success of the excellent Ocean's Eleven, the studio was under pressure to quickly capitalize on it. They needed a sequel, and they needed one NOW. Unfortunately, writing a good screenplay takes time, so they decided to adapt an existing one. Someone tracked down a decent script involving an ensemble cast of thieves, and a team of writers hastily swapped the Ocean's crew in instead and added some ties to the first film.
The result? A film that feels like what it is -- a patchwork, overdone monstrosity. The plot makes no real sense -- the action is easy enough to follow but the characters' motivations don't make any sense. The ending has two "big reveals", one of which you see coming from a mile away. The other... is one of those twists that you don't see coming only because there was never once a hint of foreshadowing. One that has to "cheat" by being completely hidden, because if they had even hinted at it (like with a good twist), you would've seen THAT one coming as well.
All in all, a clunky mish-mash of attempted action, attempted suspense, attempted comedy, and bad plot twists. Save your money and skip right from Ocean's Eleven to Ocean's Thirteen. You won't regret it, and you don't need to know a thing about this movie to understand it. (Well, okay, ONE thing -- the stereotypical French burglar makes a cameo in 13 near the end. Now that you know that, you won't be wondering, "Who is that guy?" Now please, skip this movie.)
very well orchestrated. 
2009-09-12 - this movie is very well played,by all parties involved which i wasnt sure it would be since there are so many individuals involved in it.
america's critic
2009-09-12 - lame lame oceans 11-12-13-- ok ok all these great actors sucked on this one brad pitt sucked big pole on this one movie sucked thats all i can say.
Ocean needs to dry up
2009-08-15 - I still have nightmares about it: I was in the theater. It was around late January, and the options were few, so my brother and I picked "Ocean's 12." My therapist tells me I will get over my condition one day but it will take a lot of work.
Here's what Hollywood did: "We have some money and we need something to fill the post-holiday gap. Any unnecessary sequels need making? Ocean's 12? Let's do it. Come on, this is a sequel. We don't even need a script. Clooney, Pitt, Damon and Roberts will just wander around Amsterdam until a plot gels somehow."
And the deus-ex-machina ending was so bad I couldn't believe the actors and writers ever agreed to it. It proves my point that no one involved cared about this movie from the start.
If you rent or buy this DVD, pull your pants down and take a steamy dump on it. Then it'll have more value.
Not a bad sequel 
2009-05-15 - I enjoyed 11 and I have to admit the first time I saw 12 I saw it on the tube about a quarter of the way into it. I didn't like it because I couldn't follow it. Once I saw it from the beginning the movie grew on me and I consider it almost the equal of 11.
