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Article: 2002: a year in the arts: Film
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 29, 2001
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FILM
THE BEST-LOOKING movie of 2002 is a foregone conclusion. George
Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia and Julia Roberts star in
the remake of the Vegas heist movie, Ocean's Eleven, out in February.
Will the combined dazzle of the stars be enough to blind audiences to
the emptiness at its core? Quite possibly. Steven Soderbergh, coming
out of Traffic, seems content to let the plot cruise without changing
gears; he knows Ocean's Eleven is really about the spectacle of movie
stars doing nothing much, stylishly.
So much for your weekend date movie. More substantial fare is
promised by Charlotte Gray, adapted from Sebastian Faulks's novel
about a young Scots woman working undercover ...