Summary: Somewhere between LAGUNA BEACH and AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL, this MTV 'reality' show is given a glamorous boost thanks to clever editing and high-definition filming. The youthful series explores the lives and burgeoning careers of several male and female models working for a Miami-based agency. All under the age of 25, thin, and beautiful, the stars spend their days going on calls, castings, and photo shoots, and lazing around on the beach. By night, they gossip in their shared apartments while getting gussied up for the Miami club scene. Watching their careers blossom (or fail to do so) holds some undeniable interest, but the main meat of the show is the juicy personal stuff, with enticing drama erupting between a set of competitive identical twins. Often up for the same jobs, the twins have very different ideas of what constitutes sisterhood. From contemplated boob jobs to hook-ups in the hot tub, 8th AND OCEAN has all the makings of an addictive guilty pleasure.

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Take equal parts Laguna Beach, The Real World, and Melrose Place and you get MTV's reality series 8th & Ocean. Set in the oh-so-glamorous world of modeling (Miami style), the show focuses on the lives (and loves) of 10 hotties trying to become the next Gisele Bundchen and Jason Lewis (Sex and the City). The cast is young, brash, and entertaining, although at times not very realistic about their chosen careers. One of the girls is averse to modeling risqué clothes for photo shoots. She seems to forget that she's a model. In Miami. And that most of the civilians walking around on the beach are flaunting less clothing than she is. As for Vinci, the resident heartthrob, he seems intent on sabotaging his own burgeoning career by being forever late (if he shows up at all).

8th & Ocean has plenty of eye candy to offer in the 10 episodes here. Between the fast editing, hormonally charged vignettes, and emo background music meant to make viewers pine along with the cast, it's easy to get carried away with the kids' dramas. Which two will sleep together? Will Sabrina's skin problem ever clear up? Will any of them become household names? No, they're not life or death dilemmas. But for the majority of folks who will never be mistaken for a model, it's nice to see that even the beautiful people are plagued by insecurities. And zits. --Jae-Ha Kim

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Release Date:	July 7, 2008
Runtime:	200 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	P H E 9313
Keywords:	Mtv, English, Ocean, Series, Drama, Reality, 8th
Genre:	Drama