Ocean's Eight Review

What I liked: Oceans 8 actually had all the stages of a heist, no corner cutting for them, take that Solo. The crew was fun, they had funny lines, and the plan was elaborate so they really hit all the bases. The step 4 sneaky twist was less sneaky than you might hope but fairly satisfying. I liked the top off of the team to make 8. Both of them. The first chunk of the movie seemed like she would have been right at home in Catch Me if You Can. I liked the little old ladies and the jar of Nutella. I did not have equal faith in all members of the team. Some of them were really good at their jobs but some of them, especially the designer definitely had issues. And while likely completely unnecessary and very dangerous, I liked the dramatic exit. It was fun to see everyone all done up.
What I didn’t: For being a jewelry heist there was a disappointingly low amount of repelling and
backflips. Pretty much all of the sneaking involved disguises and not you know jumping fences or parachuting

down elevator shafts. So their plan probably worked better but just think how cool they would have
looked. I think that the body guards could have been employed by the Empire. Did we really have to set
up Danny Ocean not being dead? I’m glad he didn’t crash the heist but he’s a con man, so it really
wouldn’t push it too much to say he faked his death. So the sneaky twist was well executed of course,
you have a pretty good idea that it is coming but they clearly pulled it off with precision. But it
definitely made me wonder about the necessity of the dramatic exit. I was glad they all got fancy outfits
and it was a fun sequence but it did seem unnecessarily risky. Also I would like to have seen how
they all snuck in and got changed with the museum in lock-down. It was a short lock down so we
would have to have 6 women sneak in with formal wear, get changed, do their hair and make-up
and join the party without anyone noticing. Very impressive.

Who should watch this? People who like heist movies.

Would I watch it again? Sure.

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