A good movie

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I was quite eager to check it out again. Back then, after this movie was released, it became very popular very quickly and, for a couple of years, I would hear on a regular basis that this movie was one of the best ever made. Of course, a decade later and following a couple of disappointing sequels, his reputation has settled down quite a bit and it has eventually become what it has actually always been : an entertaining commercial feature but not much more than that. I mean, sure, it was a well made and fun heist feature with an insane all-star cast (George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Carl Reiner, Topher Grace, Joshua Jackson, Holly Marie Combs) but, at the end of the day, the whole thing was actually pretty shallow. Of course, Soderbergh and his buddies never intended to make something deep whatsoever so that’s all fine but we shouldn’t pretend that it is anything else. Coming back to Soderbergh, since then the guy has retired and during his very ecletic career, this movie was by far his biggest box-office success. To conclude, even though I think it is slightly overrated, it is still a fun movie and it is definitely worth  a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10