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Out of Sight (1998)

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Average Rating: 7.9/10
Reviews Counted: 72
Fresh: 67 | Rotten: 5

Steven Soderbergh's intelligently crafted adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel is witty, sexy, suprisingly entertaining, and a star-making turn for George Clooney.

Average Rating: 8/10
Critic Reviews: 16
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 1

Steven Soderbergh's intelligently crafted adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel is witty, sexy, suprisingly entertaining, and a star-making turn for George Clooney.

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Steven Soderbergh directed this crime caper adapted from the novel by Elmore Leonard. When ex-con Jack Foley (George Clooney) robs a bank, his car goes dead, and Foley lands in a Florida prison. His escape from prison doesn't go as planned, since it's witnessed by deputy federal marshal Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez). Foley's pal Buddy Bragg (Ving Rhames) intervenes, with the result that Sisco winds up in the trunk of the getaway car with Foley, and the two realize they're attracted to each other,

R, 2 hr. 3 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

Directed By: Steven Soderbergh

Written By: Scott Frank

In Theaters: Jun 26, 1998 Wide

On DVD: May 4, 1999

Universal Pictures

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Cast

George Clooney
Jack Foley
Jennifer Lopez
Karen Sisco
Ving Rhames
Buddy Bragg
Albert Brooks
Richard Ripley
Steve Zahn
Glenn Michaels
Don Cheadle
Maurice (Snoopy) Miller
Dennis Farina
Marshall Sisco
Luis Guzman
Chino
Catherine Keener
Adele
Isaiah Washington
Kenneth
Keith Loneker
White Boy Bob
Nancy Allen
Midge
Wendell B. Harris Jr.
Daniel Burdon
Michael Keaton
Ray Nicolette [uncredit...
Samuel L. Jackson
[uncredited]
Viola Davis

Critic Reviews for Out of Sight

All Critics (73) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (70) | Rotten (5) | DVD (25)

Steven Soderbergh's most ambitious and most accomplished work to date.

March 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety

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Emanuel Levy

Variety

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From the first shot to the last, Mr. Clooney is in complete command of the screen in the assured manner of the biggest stars in the past, and he doesn't need a ton of special effects and digital enhancement to generate excitement.

April 27, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Observer

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Andrew Sarris

New York Observer

Top Critic

Out of Sight may go down in the annals of film as the movie in which George Clooney learned to keep his head still -- and became a leading man.

June 18, 2002 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

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Out of Sight isn't just a rousing piece of entertainment, it's also a cinematic salvage operation.

April 12, 2002 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

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As always with the best of Leonard, it's the journey, not the destination, that counts, and director Soderbergh has let it unfold with dry wit and great skill.

February 14, 2001 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

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It's refreshing to find a picture like Out of Sight, which is not only smart, but a great deal of fun, as well.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

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Clooney and Lopez sizzle in gun-happy heist flick.

December 18, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Heather Boerner

Common Sense Media

Faintly melancholy and alluringly fatalistic, this mercurial romance passing as a crime thriller is slyly entertaining and darkly sexy.

October 30, 2009 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide's Movie Guide

The audience was wrong -- Out Of Sight is wonderful.

October 30, 2009 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

Soderbergh finds the perfect equilibrium between mainstream entertainment and arty panache, lacing this heist movie/romantic comedy with character-motivated time shifting, prominent freeze-frames, a funky soundtrack and an all-around hip vibe.

May 7, 2009 Full Review Source: AskMen.com

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Radheyan Simonpillai

AskMen.com

An outstanding crime film from director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Frank, who adapted Elmore Leonard's novel.

May 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

A splendid reminder of just how assured, intelligent and involving Soderbergh's movies can be.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Un divertissement aussi cool et intelligent qu'un Ocean's Eleven qui s'affiche sous un enrobage esthtique aussi solidement labor que celui de l'excellent The Limey.

September 22, 2005 Full Review Source: Panorama

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Jean-Fran�ois Vandeuren

Panorama

Intelligent and intriguing.

April 9, 2005 Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews

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Robin Clifford

Reeling Reviews

It's best to think of this as a Pulp Fiction-lite clone, but a darn good clone.

April 2, 2005 Full Review Source: Dark Horizons

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Garth Franklin

Dark Horizons

Soderbergh and his longtime cinematographer Elliot Davis have given us an action film that looks as sleek and moody as Krzysztof Kieslowski's Red.

January 29, 2005 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Out of Sight is best at electric scenes between its romantic leads. Clooney and Lopez have the kind of chemistry that classics are made of.

January 15, 2005 Comment

Jeffrey Overstreet

Looking Closer

A surprisingly good film that won't stay out of viewers' minds.

June 23, 2004 Full Review | Comment

Dragan Antulov

rec.arts.movies.reviews

...entertaining enough while you're watching it, but instantly forgettable.

August 1, 2003 Comment

David Nusair

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'Out of Sight'. A playful, sexy, romantic, comic caper oozing charm and appeal through its well-rounded characters and a central relationship that works superbly.Two scenes stood out.I'll declare one the best accidental death I've seen on screen, while I rack my brain to think of something equally hilarious. White Boy

January 5, 2012

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Super Reviewer

A smooth talking bank robber develops an infatuation with the beautiful US Marshall who is tracking him. Out Of Sight is the film in which we saw the first glimpse of what George Clooney was capable of and is clearly where the seeds of the Ocean's franchise were sown. It's a smart and sassy romantic heist movie based

January 3, 2007

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