Out of Sight (1998)
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: 17
Fresh: 16 | 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,
Jun 26, 1998 Wide
May 4, 1999
Universal Pictures
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Cast
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George Clooney
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Jennifer Lopez
Karen Sisco -
Ving Rhames
Buddy Bragg -
Don Cheadle
Maurice (Snoopy) Miller -
Dennis Farina
Marshall Sisco -
Albert Brooks
Richard Ripley -
Steve Zahn
Glenn Michaels -
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
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All Critics (73) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (70) | Rotten (5) | DVD (25)
Steven Soderbergh's most ambitious and most accomplished work to date.
Top CriticFrom 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.
A splendid reminder of just how assured, intelligent and involving Soderbergh's movies can be.
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.
Out of Sight isn't just a rousing piece of entertainment, it's also a cinematic salvage operation.
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.
Clooney and Lopez sizzle in gun-happy heist flick.
Faintly melancholy and alluringly fatalistic, this mercurial romance passing as a crime thriller is slyly entertaining and darkly sexy.
The audience was wrong -- Out Of Sight is wonderful.
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.
An outstanding crime film from director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Frank, who adapted Elmore Leonard's novel.
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.
Intelligent and intriguing.
It's best to think of this as a Pulp Fiction-lite clone, but a darn good clone.
Soderbergh and his longtime cinematographer Elliot Davis have given us an action film that looks as sleek and moody as Krzysztof Kieslowski's Red.
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.
A surprisingly good film that won't stay out of viewers' minds.
...entertaining enough while you're watching it, but instantly forgettable.
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Based on a novel by Elmore Leonard, this is the story of Jack Foley and Karen Sisco. They have a chance encounter (one of the more unique 'meet cutes' in cinema) that sees them trying to have a romantic relationship with one another. There's a big problem, though, and that is the fact that Jack's a career bank robber who has just broken out of jail, and Karen's a deputy federal marshal who just stumbled right up onto the escape attempt.
The two have an undeniable attraction to one another, and that's a big part of the fun and charm of things, especially since the two are so committed to their polar opposite lifestyles. Even as Karen is hot on Jack's trail as he goes out for more capers, they manage to try to make their conflict work. Leave it to someone like Leonard to come up with a genius premise like this, and people like screenwriter Scott Frank and Soderbergh to craft such a solid adaptation.
The film is a tad more mainstream as far as Soderbergh's work is concerned, but that's not really a bad thing. It doesn't feel like an average mainstream romance/caper comedy, and that's maybe the strongest thing about it. It's got his trademark sense of style and super cool vibe, and the heavily funky soundtrack is quite slick as well.
All of this is highlighted by the performances by an ensemble cast of very well known performers. Jennifer Lopez is surprisingly strong as Karen, and Clooney is in typical top notch form as Jack. These two are really likable, smart, and fun to watch, Their chemistry, and the chemistry with the rest of the cast is remarkable. And speaking of the rest of the cast...Ving Rhames (in some slick spectacles), Don Cheadle (good funny/scary), Albert Brooks, Steve Zahn (very funny, here), Catherine Keener, Luis Guzman, Dennis Farina...and smaller appearances by Michael Keaton, Nancy Allen, Viola Davis, and Samuel L. Jackson.
All in all, the film is very well made, and quite entertaining, but it is admittedly rather overrated. It didn't come off as all that groundbreaking to me, though it may have been so when it came out. I really liked it, but I think in the end it's just shy of the top tier of Soderbergh's work.