Ocean's Eight
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| Ocean's 8: It's exactly what you think it is |
There are some dishes that are prepared from recipes handed down through the years. Every time they're prepared by anyone following the recipe they come out the same - and if you're someone that loves that dish, chances are you will always like it no matter how many times it's prepared provided they follow the recipe. Ocean's 8 is a little like that.
The Ocean's 8 story begins of course with the 1960 film Ocean's 11, a flimsy crime caper created as an excuse to bring the entire Rat Pack together for the first time on screen. When indie character director Steven Soderbergh remade the film as a slick, pretty boy, retro-jazzy heist film for the new millennium, it was a runaway success that launched a franchise that's up to four films and counting.
The Ocean's 8 story begins of course with the 1960 film Ocean's 11, a flimsy crime caper created as an excuse to bring the entire Rat Pack together for the first time on screen. When indie character director Steven Soderbergh remade the film as a slick, pretty boy, retro-jazzy heist film for the new millennium, it was a runaway success that launched a franchise that's up to four films and counting.
This time out, though, there is no Danny Ocean - instead we get Sandra Bullock as Debbie Ocean, Danny's sister. The film's conceit being the heist this time is being pulled off by an all-female cast of characters. None of the Ocean's Eleven cast appears except Elliot Gould and the irreplaceable Chinese acrobat Qin Shaobo.
Other than the gender flipped cast, the film is strictly by-the-numbers, and if Ocean's Eleven were an "11" for entertainment, Ocean's 8 is... you guessed it, about an "8". In other words it's fun and faithfully follows the formula, and if you like that formula, chances are you'll like it. If not, it's probably not for you, as you'll find nothing much new here but a glorified fashion show.
The Good:
Other than the gender flipped cast, the film is strictly by-the-numbers, and if Ocean's Eleven were an "11" for entertainment, Ocean's 8 is... you guessed it, about an "8". In other words it's fun and faithfully follows the formula, and if you like that formula, chances are you'll like it. If not, it's probably not for you, as you'll find nothing much new here but a glorified fashion show.
The Good:
- sticks to the established Ocean's Eleven formula
- sticks to the established Ocean's Eleven formula
- innumerable celebrity cameos
- Lou (Cate Blanchett) riding vintage motorcycles
*** out of *****
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