Review of Ocean's Eight (2018) by Lyndon C — 28 Aug 2018

A cast which could triumph the screen was put to a wasted work.

Ocean's 8 starts with a promise to offer something spectacular but then it focusses too much on introducing characters one by one and following its predecessor instead of layering out its own trap. Ocean movies hardly get intimate with the characters but what they did have in common was a good heist in the end with a twist. While 8 offers the twist but not the good heist which makes the twist fall flat. All the jokes, moves and twists are very much predictable. One who has seen the trailer might be able to deduce whole plot.

Only job to be done was of stylists and costume designers, which they did the best. Every member of the cast looked stunning and somehow performed to satisfaction. While many subsidiary characters were unrelateable, Cate Blanchet was signed to a role which had no use throughout the movie. She played equivalent part to that of Brad Pitt, but where role of Rusty was that of volatile, her character was lost and somewhat over shadowed by Sandra Bullock.