Oceans Eight 2018

     Debbie Oceans is the estranged sister of Danny Ocean and he has passed away.  She has just been released from prison and she has an idea for a major heist.  She’s been planning for five years, eight months and 12 days!!  She gathers a perfect all female crew to pull off the heist of the century.  The team includes Debbie, Lou, Rose, Daphne Luger, Nine Ball, Tammy Amita and Constance.  A robbery will take place at the famous New York City’s star-studded annual Met Gala.  Their target is a one-of-a-kind $150 million diamond Cartier necklace.  The necklace has not been out of the vault for 50 years!!

     If you thought Debbie was going straight, you thought wrong!! She begins her freedom with a spectacular bit of high-dollar shoplifting in Bergdorf Goodman.  No need to visit a less expensive store when you can go to Bergdorf!!  Everything about this film is constantly stylized and slick?  All the actors need to be perfectly dressed and groomed in every scene?  Somehow, that gets a little tiresome over 110 minutes?  What the women use to their utmost advantage is that the ‘him’ gets noticed and the ‘her’ gets ignored.  Being ignored during the entire Gala is their goal!!  The city of New York is also used as a character in this film.

110 min, Action directed by Gary Ross with Sandra Bullock, Griffin Dunne, Deidre Goodwin, Daniella Rabbani, Brian J. Carter, Gemma Forbes, Katherine Hozier-Adams, Freddy J. Davila, Francesca Calo, Cate Blanchett, Midori Francis, Elliott Gould, Richard Armitage, Charlotte Kirk, Anne Hathaway.

Note:   Imdb 6.2 out of 10, Roger Ebert 3*, 69% critic 44% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, The Guardian 3* out of 5*, Amazon 3.9* out of 5* with 448 reviews.

Special Note:  Filmed in New York City, Staten Island and Los Angeles, California.  The Met event is a real annual gala sponsored and hosted by Anna Wintour.  She is the editor-in-chief of fashion magazine Vogue.  She also plays herself in the film.  Debbie Ocean speaks German as part of her cover.  Sandra Bullock spent most of her childhood in Nuremberg, Germany and she is fluent in the language.  She also holds dual citizenship in both German and the United States.  Originally, Jennifer Lawrence was included in this film but she was replaced with Anne Hathaway.  Lawrence replaced Hathaway in Silver Linings Playbook of 2012.  Elizabeth Banks was also approached for a role but had to drop out.  Eight of the main cast members have won four Oscars, two Emmys, nine Grammys, six Golden Globes, five BAFTAs and 10 SAGs combined.