So even if you couldn't condone the criminal activities in their previous films, Danny Ocean (George Clooney), Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon) and
the rest of their con men buddies (Eddie Jemison, Don Cheadle, Shaobo Qin, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Bernie Mac and Carl Reiner) at least appeared to have a good time pulling off their heists.
McKay is not just a superlative imitator here (that he looks uncannily like Welles is helpful) but also a conjurer
of his spirit — a sort
of smooth confidence
man playing a
man who here finds multiple ways
of conning his producer, actors, and the
rest of the theater staff into doing exactly what he needs them to.