Editing Ocean's 11 (section)

==Reception==
The film received mixed reviews from critics. [[Bosley Crowther]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' disliked the film because "there is no built-in implication that the boys have done something wrong. There is just an ironic, unexpected and decidedly ghoulish twist whereby they are deprived of their pickings and what seems their just desserts. This is the flaw in the picture&nbsp;— this and the incidental fact that a wholesale holdup of Las Vegas would not be so easy as it is made to look".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |date=August 11, 1960 |title=The Screen: 'Ocean's 11' |journal=[[The New York Times]] |page=19}}</ref>

''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote that the film was "frequently one resonant wisecrack away from turning into a musical comedy. Laboring under the handicaps of a contrived script, an uncertain approach and personalities in essence playing themselves, the Lewis Milestone production never quite makes its point, but romps along merrily unconcerned that it doesn't".<ref>{{cite journal |date=August 10, 1960 |title=Ocean's Eleven |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |page=6}}</ref> Leo Sullivan of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called the film "nothing more than a whopping sick joke in Technicolor ... It's a completely amoral tale, told for laughs".<ref>{{cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Leo |date=August 13, 1960 |title='The Clan' Pulls A Slick Sick One |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |page=D8}}</ref>

Philip K. Scheuer of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote that the film "has a pretty good surprise twist at the finish and is, of its type, a pretty good comedy-melodrama".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Scheuer |first=Philip K. |date=August 5, 1960 |title=Sinatra Premieres 'Ocean's Eleven' |journal=[[Los Angeles Times]] |page=Part II, p. 7}}</ref> A mixed review in ''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' called it "an overlong, intermittently amusing picture full of surface effects and private jokes&nbsp;... Despite Milestone's efforts, the first third tends to drag, due mainly to desultory characterisation, but when the raid begins both situations and dialogue improve considerably".<ref>{{cite journal |date=October 1960 |title=Ocean's 11 |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=27 |issue=321 |page=139}}</ref>

On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Ocean's 11'' holds a "rotten" rating of 47%, based on 34 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The critical consensus reads: "Easygoing but lazy, ''Ocean's Eleven'' blithely coasts on the well-established rapport of the Rat Pack royalty".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1015373-oceans_eleven|title=Ocean's Eleven (1960) review|website=Rottentomatoes.com|access-date=March 6, 2025|archive-date=October 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011050139/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1015373-oceans_eleven|url-status=live}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], it has a score of 57 out of 100 based on 6 critics reviews, indicating "Mixed or average reviews."<ref>{{Citation |title=Ocean's 11 |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/oceans-11 |access-date=January 28, 2023}}</ref>