(The Artist Fashionably casual)Ocean's 8, I decided to go to the movies to treat myself. I chose Ocean's 8 because of its fashion connection. The focus of the film is the Met Gala, the most sort after event that Anna Wintor, editor of Vogue magazine puts together once a year. The film stars Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Sarah Paulson, Helena Bonham Carter, Rhianna, Akwafina, Anne Hathaway and Mindy
Elliot Gould and James Cordon make appearances in the film which are actually good.
The opening sequence is Sandra Bullock talking to the parole board which I found very funny. Sandra tells the parole board that she has been reformed and won't get back into a life of crime like her family.
I was laughing a lot in the first 15 minutes.
Cate Blanchett is the best friend on board for whatever as long as they stick to the plan. We go back and forth from the present to the past to see how the women got away with the crime and how they got to this point.
Helena Bonham Carter is a fashion designer that has a reputation of breaking the rules. I loved the fashion show of the models looking like stewardesses and the use of the escaltor as the run way. Of course the critics in the film don't like her collection. The plan is to get Anne Hathaway's character to want to wear one of Helena's characters gowns to the Met Gala. Then they persuade Cartier to lend out a diamond necklace worth millions.
With the help of modern technology, the women are able to create a duplicate of the diamond with a 3D printer. Mindy plays a jeweler and Rhianna is a computer hacker who also gets a little help from her sister.
I wondered if the film was written or directed by a woman and I saw in the credits it was written by a woman as well as a man. In this age of the Me Too movement, its important that women have a role in the way that they are portrayed in movies.
If you like any of the women listed you will enjoy this movie. If you love fashion and art you will like this movie. So I do recommend it for a great escape. We're moving in a direction with art where women are now seen doing things that we would only see men doing. I think its a great to see the change in dynamic. Men are becoming more sensitive even if they are shooting up people or kicking butt.
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