Ocean’s Thirteen

After watching a movie with your children or students, we encourage parents and teachers to look for education opportunities to teach with movies. Here are a few discussion topics that can help with lesson plans or teaching in the home.

While Danny Ocean and his gang are spending millions of dollars to defraud Willy Banks, the employees in a Mexican factory strike to gain a very modest pay increase. How do the lifestyles of these two groups differ? What would the wage hike mean for the factory workers and their families? How do their lives compare with the excessive extravagance of the gamblers in Las Vegas?

How does Willy treat his employees and subordinates? It is likely he would even speak directly to his housekeeping staff? Would you want to work for this kind of employer?

Do the criminals suffer any consequences for their actions? Are they ever remorseful?