Review of Ocean's Eight (2018) by Mike V — 07 Jun 2018

I love heist movies and grew up watching them with my older sister, but it always bothered me that women were never the protagonists, mostly reduced to being loved interests with zero substance (or of course, the known cliche of one single woman in an all-man crew). Ocean's 8 goes beyond that, introducing the audience to fleshed out and diverse characters whose main topics of conversation are not men. The cast is also incredible, and their chemistry is off the charts (btw, Debbie and Lou are totally a couple and no one can change my mind). I hope there's a sequence to it, mixing the old characters with the new ones.

Debbie says that they're not robbing the gala for her, or even for themselves. They're doing it for the 8-year-old girl somewhere that dreams about being a criminal. Well, I am that girl, fifteen years later.