A good movie

George Clooney is what you could call a late-bloomer. Indeed, even though he is nowadays one of the biggest movie stars in the world, he was already in his 30’s when he got his breakthrough with ‘E.R.’. Pretty much like his best buddy Brad Pitt, even though he moved on pretty quickly to the silver screen, it took him some time to find his game and I think the ball really started to roll for him with this movie. Indeed, it was the start of a steady relationship between Clooney and Soderbergh and they would eventually make 5 more movies together (the Ocean trilogy, the ‘Solaris’ remake and ‘The Good German ‘). For George Clooney, it was the first time he was able to show his eternal charisma in a rather smart movie and he never looked back ever since. For Soderbergh, it was the opportunity to show he could also direct some more commercial productions and it opened many doors for him, even if the movie was not really successful at the box-office. Eventually, it is an entertaining heist feature combined with an unlikely romance and even though the dialogs were pretty cool, the story was not really amazing. Still, in spite of its flaws, I thought it was pretty good and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Steven Soderbergh’s work.

7/10