Ocean's Eight (2018) Review

Ocean's Eight (2018) Review

 After watching the previous three Ocean's films and the newest film Ocean's Eight which is the first one I am reviewing from scratch as I have never seen this film before and here is my review for the film. The premise of the film sees the sister of Danny Ocean released from prison where she teams up with a group of criminals to attempt a large heist in New York.

Main Character

In this film they are clearly going for a George Clooney and Brad Pitt chemistry between Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett and it sort of works. Bullock is the main character and she has the most time devoted to her and has a bit of a personal reason for the heist and I guess you kind of care about her character but there isn't that much to keep you invested. I felt like Blanchett was really wasted in the film and honestly it feels like she could have been played by anybody in the film. The chemistry just wasn't quite there for me and I didn't buy that these people had a meaningful relationship in the film. 

Supporting Characters

Anne Hathaway plays the person they are robbing and I thought she was a real highlight of this film, she is meant to play an over the top actress and she does a great job. She is so over the top drama queen that she is meant to be and for me she is the funniest character in the film. Out of the crew Sarah Poulsen was the best one for me, she actually had a bit of a character to her and obviously she is a great actress which helps. The rest of the cast though were just pretty dull, Helena Bonham Carter, Awkwafina and Rihanna are just here and I didn't care about any of them and I felt like this was a pretty dull crew of people which doesn't help the film at all.

Story

As I said in my Ocean's Thirteen review it is really hard to make a heist plot boring and not exciting and this film does a bit to make this film exciting. It has some clever moments to it and a clever piece of writing at the end that actually was better then some of the other films plans. Though this story is pretty generic and dull during it, the planning for the heist just isn't very interesting and without the great characters from before it comes across as weak. And I also have to mention the terrible marketing for this film, the trailer and posters spoil the biggest twists in the movie and it really makes it feel predictable at times and like you are waiting for certain parts of the film to happen. 

Script

As mentioned, when it comes to the actual heisting there is some pretty clever writing and the payoff is pretty unique and unexpected which was nice to see. But this is easily the least funny Ocean's film and the drama just isn't there to make you care at all. 

Style

The style of the film like the story is hard to mess up with a heist and this film does an okay job in making it exciting and keeping you on your toes. It's just there aren't really many issues with the heist which makes it less interesting and the pacing of the film is poor, the last 20 minutes really feel messy and like there were parts of the film that shouldn't be there.

Overall

Overall, this film epitomises average, there are some good parts about it for sure, but I watched it only a few hours ago and I have already forgotten most of the film and that makes it not worth a watch at all. 

Rating 5/10