“Ocean’s 8” is a fun heist film starring Sandra Bullock as Debbie Ocean, the younger sister of George Clooney’s Danny Ocean from director Steven Soderbergh’s “Ocean” trilogy of 2001, 2004, and 2007. (The original “Ocean’s 11” starring Frank Sinatra and Angie Dickinson came out in 1960.)
This smoothly directed movie from Gary Ross (“The Hunger Games” 2012), who also co-wrote the screenplay with Olivia Milch, did have a predictable storyline as a spinoff from the “Ocean” franchise, but was a fast moving and entertaining 110 minute running time. The film was well organized with viewers able to keep track of the plot.
The large cast includes Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Helena Bonham Carter, Sarah Paulson, Richard Armitage, James Corden, Rihanna, Dakota Fanning, Griffin Dunne, Damian Young, Elliot Gould, Awkwafina, and Michael Gandolfini (son of James Gandolfini) as a bus boy. An abundance of cameos include Marlo Thomas, Elizabeth Ashley, Dana Ivey, Mary Louise Wilson, Katie Holmes, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner, Heidi Klum, Serena Williams, and Common. Matt Damon and Carl Reiner reprised their roles from Soderbergh’s “Ocean” series but their scenes were deleted.
The watchable “Ocean’s 8” was a big hit at the box office for producer Steven Soderbergh, Village Roadshow Pictures, Smokehouse Pictures, Larger Than Life Productions, and Warner Bros. Pictures.
Ocean’s 8 (2018)
cinema
My Review
“Ocean’s 8” is a fun heist film starring Sandra Bullock as Debbie Ocean, the younger sister of George Clooney’s Danny Ocean from director Steven Soderbergh’s “Ocean” trilogy of 2001, 2004, and 2007. (The original “Ocean’s 11” starring Frank Sinatra and Angie Dickinson came out in 1960.)
This smoothly directed movie from Gary Ross (“The Hunger Games” 2012), who also co-wrote the screenplay with Olivia Milch, did have a predictable storyline as a spinoff from the “Ocean” franchise, but was a fast moving and entertaining 110 minute running time. The film was well organized with viewers able to keep track of the plot.
The large cast includes Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Helena Bonham Carter, Sarah Paulson, Richard Armitage, James Corden, Rihanna, Dakota Fanning, Griffin Dunne, Damian Young, Elliot Gould, Awkwafina, and Michael Gandolfini (son of James Gandolfini) as a bus boy. An abundance of cameos include Marlo Thomas, Elizabeth Ashley, Dana Ivey, Mary Louise Wilson, Katie Holmes, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner, Heidi Klum, Serena Williams, and Common. Matt Damon and Carl Reiner reprised their roles from Soderbergh’s “Ocean” series but their scenes were deleted.
The watchable “Ocean’s 8” was a big hit at the box office for producer Steven Soderbergh, Village Roadshow Pictures, Smokehouse Pictures, Larger Than Life Productions, and Warner Bros. Pictures.