REVIEW: Ocean's 8 · Screenfellas Entertainment

Remember how well the all-female reboot of Ghostbusters went over? Yeah. Don't you wish every franchise could get that treatment?

Despite the death sentence that seems to be the all-female reboot, Ocean's 8 treads water lightly with few risks and altogether an inoffensive but unremarkable heist film. Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock), the late Danny Ocean's similarly criminally-inclined sister, immediately picks up her shady hobbies again upon being granted parole. After contacting her partner-in-crime, Lou (Cate Blanchett), Ocean begins prepping for the heist of the century: stealing the $150 million Toussaint necklace from the Met Gala right off of Daphne Kluger's (Anne Hathaway's) neck.

Let me preface my opinion by clearly stating that while I'm familiar with the heist subgenre, I have never seen an Ocean's film, so I can't compare this installment to its predecessors. I did, however, compare Eight a decent amount to similar all-female reboots, like the aforementioned Ghostbusters, which makes Eight out to be a hesitant success. Most of the proper moving parts are in place: a decent plot, a decent script, a decent cast. If you can get by Cate Blanchett's confusing accent and Awkwafina's tiresomely obnoxious character, there's not much to complain about - or say at all, really. It's a heist film. Decently exciting, decent to look at, decent, decent, decent. That may be all the extraneous all-female reboot can hope for at this time.

(Spoilers? Spoilers maybe.) Eight does, however, lack some semi-standard heist film components, such as a comedy slant, or a last-minute change in variables that needs to be accounted for. It's got lite-versions, lax ones, but nothing enough to secure it a distinct impression on this year's release schedule.

Rating: 6/10
Favorite scene: the heist (or Cate Blanchett, because despite her inscrutable accent, she is awesome).
Least favorite scene: recruiting Awkwafina.