This new movie begins with Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) getting out of prison after doing time for fraud. Debbie is the sister of Danny Ocean, the leader of the lads in the original productions. Danny was played by George Clooney in the earlier movies.
However it is now more than ten years since an Oceans movie and Danny is now dead, and after Debbie gets out of prison she plans a caper, the likes of which would have made her late brother proud.
Glamour is the order of the day in ‘Ocean’s Eight’ and it features Debbie re-joining with her old partner in crime, Lou, played by Cate Blanchett. Lou is living off a scheme of watering down vodka when she reunites with Debbie (they did some bingo scams together in their youth), and the duo engineer a new scam to steal a museum’s Royal jewels.
The ladies they assemble include Helena Bonham-Carter as a tax criminal and successful 1990s fashion designer, and also Sarah Paulsen as fence turned homemaker, Tammy.
Movie star Daphne is the key to putting the whole plan together, she was played by the brilliant Anne Hathaway. Rihanna is in there as well on the team, and there are special appearances from two of the Kardashian girls and Olivia Munn and Katie Holmes. Popular veteran actor, Elliot Gould from the other Oceans movies makes a guest appearance.
There are a couple of laughs in the movie, and it’s a mind-candy feature. Despite it having three Oscar winners on board in the acting stakes, it won’t win any Oscars, but it’s a bit of fun, and you could see far worse writes David Flynn.
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