Ocean's 8

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Ocean's 8

The inner feminist within me was so excited when I heard about Ocean's 8. I love the idea of women coming in, taking over a franchise and putting their own mark on it. I was a little nervous because the Ocean's Eleven series is so popular and I was afraid Ocean's 8 would not be able to stand up to the original. Ocean's 8 made it's own mark on the genre. The fill has a star-studded cast featuring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Rihanna and Helena Bonham Carter. These brilliant women dominate this film, once again proving women can kick just as much butt as the boys.

The premise of Ocean's 8 is Sandra Bullock's character Debbie Ocean is the sister of Ocean's Eleven character Danny Ocean. She has just released from prison and she decides to do her own heist. The plan is her and her crew will come together and steal a necklace that is worth millions of dollars during the Met Gala in New York. Not only does this film have an amazing cast, an interesting plot, full of the glitz and glamour but a bazillion movie star cameos. It's kind of like a Where's Waldo of famous people. It's highly entertaining, engaging and funny

So why is this so important? Ocean's 8 was considered a gamble because it's an all female cast.  I mean, how are women supposed to succeed in their own franchise? (Clearly that is dripping with sarcasm!) Most film studios do not want to take a chance on an all-female cast, which is complete rubbish. Ocean's 8 was and is important because it successfully show women, when given an opportunity, will not only meet but exceed expectations. It's important for young women to see successful females of all shapes, sizes, ethnicity and age coming together on screen. As I've said before, representation is important and vital! Ocean's 8 shows women and young girls that you can do anything a man can do and maybe even with a bit flair!