Ocean's 8
Warner Bros. | Release Date: June 8, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 50 Critic Reviews
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19
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89
IGNWilliam BibbianiJun 5, 2018
Ocean’s 8 is the most satisfying installment in the franchise. The all-star cast is impeccable, the shift in focus yields sharp insights, and the heist itself is wily and enjoyable. What the film lacks in suspense it makes up for in style, and that style has undeniable substance. Read full review
86
The AtlanticChristopher OrrJun 16, 2018
Hathaway delivers a sharp, witty dissection of female celebrity, at once impenetrably vain and entitled, yet also riven with self-doubt. It is both the most pointed and most amusing way in which the movie toys with gender expectations. Read full review
83
The PlaylistKimber MyersJun 5, 2018
Ocean’s 8 is the self-aware frosé of movies; a summer delight, perfectly airy and refreshing, it’s not here to be your cinematic think piece. Ocean’s 8 knows exactly what it’s doing and what it’s trying to achive– showing the audience hell of a good time – and it succeeds marvelously at it, without leaving the audience feeling duped. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsStephen Whitty Jun 6, 2018
Both charmingly retro (dig that swingin’ score!) and confidently modern (girls run the world!) it’s a hip heist movie with a few laughs and some lovely fun. Read full review
80
Time OutTomris LafflyJun 6, 2018
Ocean’s 8 sticks to the formula, though Ross never quite matches the breezy vigour of the Soderbergh-directed trilogy, but the jokes land and there’s a satisfying twist to bring down the curtain. Read full review
80
SlateInkoo KangJun 5, 2018
Ocean’s 8 is in many ways a mirror image of its predecessor, but it’s most delightful when it follows its own path toward girly transcendence. Read full review
75
ObserverRex ReedJun 8, 2018
An all-star cast of #MeToo celebrants are now determined to prove how empowered women can make the same smart, entertaining heist movies as men. Read full review
75
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldJun 7, 2018
The Ocean’s 8 cast makes up for any deficits in its execution (Awkwafina, in particular, can make even the most mundane line funny); these women are just great fun to hang with, and I’d happily sit still for a slew of sequels. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireJun 6, 2018
Slickly paced and radiating sexy glamour, “Ocean’s 8” moves with the swagger of a supermodel prancing down the runway. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter TraversJun 6, 2018
Ocean's 8 is a heist caper that looks gorgeous, keeps the twists coming and bounces along on a comic rhythm that's impossible to resist. What more do you want in summer escapism? Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattJun 6, 2018
Ocean’s 8’s girls-just-wanna-have-grand-larceny conceit is the kind of starry, high-gloss goof the summer movie season was made for, even if it feels lightweight by the already zero-gravity standards of the genre. Read full review
75
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanJun 5, 2018
Like the gender-flipped “Ghostbusters” before it, this new movie neither reinvents not dishonors its inspiration, instead adding a modicum of zip — if less than turbocharged horsepower — to a vehicle that runs you through the staging of a crime by, ironically, obeying all the traffic laws. Read full review
75
USA TodayBrian TruittJun 5, 2018
The illegal goings-on move to New York, where the plot plods until the crew gets together and the movie unleashes its secret comedic weapon: Anne Hathaway. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangJun 5, 2018
What the movie refuses to do is dazzle, or resonate, or overstay its welcome, which is another way of saying it doesn’t really linger. As “8’s” go, it could stand to be a little crazier. Read full review
70
The New York TimesManohla DargisJun 5, 2018
Its cast aside, the movie sounds and narratively unwinds like the previous installments, but without the same easy snap or visual allure. Read full review
70
VarietyOwen GleibermanJun 5, 2018
The heist is fun and convincing without being dazzling, and some of the most amusing stuff in the film is just character comedy. Read full review
70
VoxAlex Abad-SantosJun 5, 2018
Ocean’s 8, at its most endearing, is a slick, glamorous romp that makes you yearn for three more hours with its impossibly charismatic crew. Read full review
68
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJun 5, 2018
The right people have been hired, and everyone is where they’re supposed to be. That level of planning makes the heist in Ocean’s 8 run fairly smoothly. As for the film itself, similarly curated with care, it gets the job done without ever being one for the record books. Read full review
67
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerJun 8, 2018
Debbie’s assemblage of her crack team has its sly amusements, especially when Cate Blanchett, as Debbie’s hypercynical best friend, and Rihanna, playing a master hacker, show up. But Rihanna, along with Mindy Kaling, who plays a jewelry expert, are vastly underused, as is Awkwafina as a world-class pickpocket. On the other hand, hammy Helena Bonham Carter, as a cash-strapped fashion designer, is overused. Her hats are funnier than her dialogue. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleDanielle WhiteJun 6, 2018
While I was expecting a few more plot twists, Ocean’s 8 is a safe bet for some glitzy summer fun. Read full review
67
ConsequenceAllison ShoemakerJun 6, 2018
An Ocean’s film should steal the breath from your body. Instead, it’ll draw some sighs, some smiles, and fervent hopes for a sequel more worthy of its cunning, charismatic thieves. Read full review
67
IndieWireKate ErblandJun 5, 2018
Despite a cool backdrop and a daring idea, the heist itself feels like a third-tier Soderbergh joint, one that’s temporarily bolstered by the same jazzy music and quick cuts that marked the filmmaker’s trilogy, though carried out with considerably less energy. Read full review
65
Vanity FairRichard LawsonJun 5, 2018
Ocean’s 8 is fun. The sequel (of sorts) to Steven Soderbergh’s three Ocean’s films, this time with a mostly female cast of smooth criminals, is a lark and a laugh, an airy caper featuring a bunch of actors you love and a lot of great clothes. Who can argue with that, in June or any other time of year? In that way, Ocean’s 8 is a worthy continuation of a hallowed brand. So, breathe a sigh of relief. There’s no disaster here, no regrettable misfire to be chagrined about. Phew. That said, I do wish Ocean’s 8 were a little more than fun. Read full review
64
Paste MagazineTim GriersonJun 7, 2018
Ocean’s 8 feels a bit like a high-end knockoff in that way that lots of spinoff films can, although the compensation is the familiar delights of watching smart characters do their job very, very well. Read full review
63
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenJun 28, 2018
It all goes down easy enough. And while never pushing the feminist angle too hard, Ocean’s 8 does ultimately become about the ways these women exploit the sexist expectations of men. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJun 7, 2018
While the spectacularly gifted and enormously likable cast has the firepower and charisma to match the testosterone-fueled ensembles of those earlier films, Ocean’s 8 is more of a smooth glide than an exhilarating adventure. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorJun 7, 2018
Bullock is firm as the preternaturally self-assured Debbie but little more than that; her performance as the con artist is reined in so tightly that she only finally appears to be having some fun when she gets to don a blond updo and German accent on the night of the ball. Read full review
63
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonJun 7, 2018
The charismatic cast can’t be faulted. Bullock and Blanchett are more than credible as crooks, and Hathaway is delightful as the self-absorbed Daphne. Unfortunately, Ocean’s 8 turns out to be a poor showcase for their talents. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy BurrJun 6, 2018
We go to heist films to see the suckers get taken in high style. This one just robs us bland. Read full review
63
The Associated PressLindsey BahrJun 5, 2018
That's kind of the overall problem of Ocean's 8. It's all predicated on the fact that women are often underestimated. But in making that point, it's also somehow underestimated the audience who still should be entitled to a smart, fun heist, no matter who is pulling it off. Read full review
60
Total FilmKate StablesJun 11, 2018
Simply doesn't have the original's magic. Read full review
60
TimeStephanie ZacharekJun 7, 2018
With a promising cast like that, not to mention the glittery party setting, Ocean’s 8 should be great fun. Instead, it’s a kind of noncommittal semi-fun. Read full review
60
EmpireIan FreerJun 5, 2018
Plot-wise Ocean’s 8 cleaves closely to the tenets of Heist Movie Lore but does little to enliven or tweak the formula. It lacks the jazzy swagger of Soderbergh’s trio but delivers a fun, likeable romp built on the charm and charisma of its cast. Read full review
60
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlJun 5, 2018
Simply put, the clockwork heist that Ocean’s 8 promises (and, by its end, dazzles with) limits the film’s ability to offer what you might actually want from it: the chance to relish this cast. Read full review
58
UproxxVince ManciniJun 7, 2018
The central flaw of Ocean’s 8 is that “people looking cool” isn’t much of a story. It’s a poster, maybe even a trailer, but not a story, and not a movie. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineDerek SmithJun 7, 2018
With Ocean's 8, Gary Ross serves up a mildly engaging riff on the heist film, but he rarely strays from the established formula of Steven Soderbergh's original Ocean's trilogy. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJun 7, 2018
The movie spends perhaps too much time on the planning of the caper and too little time on its execution, which turns out to be on the underwhelming side. It’s also not terribly exciting. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubJun 6, 2018
A category of films that reward viewers who view the cinemas as an escape, rather than an arena of deep thought. If you’re coming off a super bad week, or have had a few drinks, or just happen to find a crowded theater where laughs are contagious, you’ll have a much better time. If you rent the movie and view it alone, you’ll probably laugh three times, and never watch it again. Read full review
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonJun 6, 2018
Chemistry among the women is smooth, maybe excessively so. In movies about hustlers and confidence games, there is usually the scent of underlying treachery, the possibility of dishonor among thieves. In The Sting, for instance, we wonder: Is Redford conning Newman? Is the movie conning us? That kind of tension is missing here. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartJun 5, 2018
Like a cubic zirconia knockoff of a priceless diamond necklace, this female “Ocean’s” update looks the part but just ain’t got that sparkle. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJun 5, 2018
Ocean’s 8 could learn a thing or two about brevity and craft: It belabors the basic plot points Ocean’s 11 dispatched with a single cut or smirk, the result a hacky imitation of the series’ glitzy pizzazz. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJun 5, 2018
Bullock’s performance anchors the movie — and nearly drags it down. Ocean’s 8 has the cast, and the cultural moment, it needs. It just doesn’t do enough with it. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyJun 5, 2018
This is a self-satisfied exercise that's only occasionally as much fun as it thinks it is. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJun 5, 2018
It’s smooth, and far from inept. But it isn’t much fun. That’s all you want from a certain kind of heist picture, isn’t it? Fun? Read full review
42
The Film StageJason OoiJun 12, 2018
The set-up is ridiculously long and unfulfilling, the energy of Soderbergh’s originals recreated less skillfully, and an over-reliance on twists feel like empty rewards, to be easily scrutinized afterward. Read full review
40
ScreenCrushE. Oliver WhitneyJun 6, 2018
It’s a prime example of taking a known property and lazily gender-flipping the cast without putting in the work to pair them with a worthy script or direction. Ocean’s 8 tries to pull its biggest con on us – burying a disappointing movie behind the flashy allure of an A-list cast. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaJun 5, 2018
I left Ocean’s 8 more convinced than ever that no amount of fierce, fantastic female ensembles can overcome the mediocrity of a dull male director. Read full review
40
Screen DailyJohn HazeltonJun 5, 2018
British actor and TV host James Corden gets a bigger role in the story’s last act, but even his cuddly charm and pop culture cachet fails to bring this surprisingly flat action comedy to life. Read full review
40
The GuardianBenjamin LeeJun 5, 2018
The lifeless direction, the unrefined script, the underwhelming cameos, the distinct lack of fizz – there’s a slapdash nature to the assembly of Ocean’s 8 that makes it feel like the result of a rushed, often careless process. It’s made watchable thanks to the cast but star power alone cannot mask creative inadequacy. Stealing a diamond necklace is bad but wasting an opportunity like this is unforgivable. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 6, 2018
A make-work project for generations of Hollywood women and female fashion celebrities, it is pristine in its visuals — mainly closeups of the Oscar winners and other great beauties of its cast precise in its caper — and utterly bloodless in execution. Read full review
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