Review of Ocean's Eight (2018) by Anthony S — 22 Jun 2018

Honestly not particularly enjoyable, even with its crackerjack cast, but honestly none of the Ocean's movies are. They are pretty rote, formulaic, and rendered less potent by a slew of imitators (not to mention those things it itself imitated).

I was trying to figure out why I wasn't having a very good time watching this movie and I think it ultimately landed on the fact that it is kind of lifeless. There are far too many flat, music-less scenes that could have really used some of that famous uptempo Ocean's spy-thriller music.

There are sequences that work, surely, and it keeps a light, enjoyable air throughout, but this one's just a notch above average.