Probably one of the best "Heist" films of all time...period. OCEAN'S 11 has been scrutinized off and on over the years and now that all the original "Rat-Packers" have passed away, and with the Steve Soderbergh & George Clooney remake with sequels completed, the film has been elevated to "Classic" status. When the film was shown on network and local television over the years before the advent of VHS and DVD, the movie was padded with commercials and almost shown to 2-1/2 to 3 hour lengths. The movie suffered in its pacing and tone. When shown without the commercial interruptions on video, PBS, or cable, it fares way better. Even though there is really a serious and understated tone to this Rat Packer film, the real treat here is just to see "the guys"(who represented the swinging coolness of the late 50's/early 60's of America before the advent of the counter-culture late-60's, the Vietnam War, and the death of JFK) together on an adventure. The story is straight forward, and the technical jargon of the heist is easy to understand compared to its modern day remake(s), and the characters are all likeable. The twist ending is classic and that final stroll on the Las Vegas Strip of all the characters after that cruel irony of an ending surmises that even though the guys lost the dough, they didn't lose their cool.

George Clooney has got nothing on the Rat Pack! An excellent story, great action, and even great singing! What else would you expect from these legendary entertainers? A must have for any fan of the Rat Pack, and any fan of Movies!

If U have seen Oceans 11 with Brad Pitt & George Clooney I think U will like this movie if nothing else to see how Old Vegas was and looked,ran,a Fun look onto the Past..I wouldn't be born for quite a few years after this movie even came out & I can totally "Agree" New Vegas doesn't hold a candle to New Vegas,which is a shame because it's lost something when big corp's took over & I would've Loved to go when Vegas was Vegas,too bad.
The only thing about the movie I didn't like too much was how they did the ending,but it's still a great movie...
This movie was shot for the most part in the casinos which is very cool & so too the performers but it's nice to visit..

Excellent. The recent remakes are not as good as this one. The plot is better, the acting is better, the gags are funnier.

Usually when movies are re-makes they can't match up to the greatness of the first. In this case, the re-make of Ocean's 11 was better than the original. The original Ocean's 11 was slow and not nearly as dramatic. It lacked the technical info. that helped to make Ocean's 11 with George Clooney et al really great. Granted, technology during the Rat Pack's day was no where near the technology of today but the original Ocean's 11 lacked technology that would have been current at that time.