The Modestly Diverting Gender Swap of <em>Ocean’s 8</em>
The director Gary Ross’s all-female twist on the heist franchise coasts on the star power of its cast, led by Sandra Bullock.
by Christopher Orr
Jun 08, 2018
3 minutes
“You are not doing this for me. You are not doing this for you. Somewhere out there is an 8-year-old girl dreaming of becoming a criminal. Do this for her.”
Thus does the master thief Debbie Ocean exhort her female partners in crime on the eve of their big jewelry heist in the director Gary Ross’s . It’s a cunning bit of narrative transposition.Because Debbie—played by Sandra Bullock—is of course speaking tostage a daring robbery at the Met Gala; but someone who, if she so chose, .
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