Fun characters, fun plot, what's not to like? It never pretends to be anything else.
In Ocean's 8, you get memorably characters, a team that's realistically diverse and interesting. Yet that is not belabored. Nobody tried to make this movie into Norma Rae or Thelma & Louise. They stuck to what makes these movies fun ... the heist and glamor. That's what makes this kind of movie click, and this one does.
I'm not sure why this movie is getting dissed. I suspect that if it were the same plot, but with Clooney & Co., it wouldn't be. In fact, this basically is the same as the other Ocean's movies, just played out with women and the heist is jewels instead of casinos. Bullock and Blanchett pull of the same buddy chemistry as Clooney and Pitt, their merry band of co-conspirators are just as smart and worthy, and certainly the casting is a lot more interesting. Let's be honest, with the earlier versions, do you actually remember any of the cast beyond Clooney and Pitt? Maybe the criticism is because the women get to dress better and in a fun twist walk away with their loot in plain site, which a male cast could not pulled off. It was more fun than revealing a bag of money.
You don't go to see this kind of movie for anything other than sheer entertainment, and this delivers.
In Ocean's 8, you get memorably characters, a team that's realistically diverse and interesting. Yet that is not belabored. Nobody tried to make this movie into Norma Rae or Thelma & Louise. They stuck to what makes these movies fun ... the heist and glamor. That's what makes this kind of movie click, and this one does.
I'm not sure why this movie is getting dissed. I suspect that if it were the same plot, but with Clooney & Co., it wouldn't be. In fact, this basically is the same as the other Ocean's movies, just played out with women and the heist is jewels instead of casinos. Bullock and Blanchett pull of the same buddy chemistry as Clooney and Pitt, their merry band of co-conspirators are just as smart and worthy, and certainly the casting is a lot more interesting. Let's be honest, with the earlier versions, do you actually remember any of the cast beyond Clooney and Pitt? Maybe the criticism is because the women get to dress better and in a fun twist walk away with their loot in plain site, which a male cast could not pulled off. It was more fun than revealing a bag of money.
You don't go to see this kind of movie for anything other than sheer entertainment, and this delivers.