Seven's Eleven is a cute, short film starring cute, short people (AKA kids). It is exactly what it sounds like - an Ocean's Eleven for children …or just your retarded friends. Thank goodness because I guess in some faraway galaxy George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Andy Garcia are just not considered hot enough. Finally there's a film for the people who love kids. Just kidding.

Seven's Eleven is a replica of the older Eleven -- from the titles to the plot to the credits (save for the stealing of a ton of money is now a massive load of candy.) It's a good, tight well-made film. The performances are half there, the highlight being Frankie, played by Jordan Garrett, who is excellent. Usually child actors are either incredibly annoying or wayyy too precocious (hello, Ms. Fanning, I'm talking to you). But Frankie/Garrett, although obviously a bright child, doesn't come across as a kid spouting five dollar words from his eleven year old fountain of infinite wisdom; he's just a gifted little punk who likes candy. And hey, who doesn't?

The film works perfectly as a short. It's a good thing it wasn't longer because then we might start asking questions like where the hell are the parents in all of this? Didn't they teach their kids that stealing was wrong? We get involved with the characters and the story but not so much that we lose our senses in the process.

Much like Ocean's Eleven '01 (and yes, I have only seen the remake, so screw you for asking, Rat Pack fellators,) it does take a stretch of the imagination. Sure everything is possible, but likely? Hell no, bitch! But it's a kid's movie, a kid's fantasy, if you will, and believe me, it sure as hell made me want some Milky Way and 100 Grand bars, too. It's a miniature fantasy with the kids stickin' it to the man (who in this case is a convenience store worker who doesn't trust the children and rightfully so).

If you were gonna read into it you could see how the stolen candy which will last the kids through high school represents their innocence. They could have just taken money out of the register and bought it all at a different convenience store. What money is to adults, candy is to children; it is the only thing they were after, the only thing that is important to them. The things we craved when we were younger seem so trivial now; one can only imagine what we'll come to think of our adulthood obsession with money.

Overall, Seven's Eleven is a good production - it's well done and there's not too much more you can say about it. It's 13 minutes of exciting kids with guts fighting for themselves making a plan and following through to get what (they think) they deserve. I would imagine it's what Spy Kids would have been like had I bothered to see it. …Plus anything that glamorizes candy bars and the people who love them certainly deserves to be lauded. - D. Rimer

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