Out of Sight

1998

Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller

65
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 94% · 106 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 74% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 103420 103.4K

journalist bedroom prison escape heist purse u.s. marshal

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Plot summary

Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law.

Director

Steven Soderbergh Photo
Steven Soderbergh

Top cast

Samuel L. Jackson Photo
Samuel L. Jackson as Hejira Henry
George Clooney Photo
George Clooney as Jack Foley
Ving Rhames Photo
Ving Rhames as Buddy Bragg
Steve Zahn Photo
Steve Zahn as Glenn Michaels
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jordondave-28085 7 / 10

More style than substance

1988) Out Of Sight THRILLERCat and mouse heist film from the Elmore Leonard novel centering on a professional thief, Jack (George Clooney) and the cop whose on his tail Karen (Jennifer Lopez). All I can say is that upon watching this almost seemed like this role was intended for Mel Gibson, but went to George Clooney because Mel was shooting another film, the character in this film often fiddles with his lighter without using it. And since Mel was a frequent smoker like he did when he was in "The Year Of Living Dangerously" the George Clooney character doesn't do anything with the lighter at all, at least as far as I remembered it. The first of a six films George Clooney starred with director Steven Soderburgh.
Reviewed by spookyrat1 7 / 10

Is this your first time being robbed?

Critically acclaimed, but definitely not universally seen, I can see both sides of the reasoning behind the attention Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight may, or may not have received. Soderbergh's directorial breakthrough with indie drama Sex, Lies, and Videotape lifted him into the public spotlight as a notable presence in the film industry itself, but didn't gift him the commercial appeal of a Spielberg or Lucas. This was especially apparent after a number of commercial failures following Sex, Lies and Videotape. Out of Sight, represents his first self-acknowledged attempt to gain a foothold amongst the multi-plex masses. As such, in my opinion, it's a very well made, entertaining film. Not a great one, as some would have you believe, but a good one, worth seeing.Out of Sight features many of the Soderbergh hall marks, in that it is a crime/heist thriller with multi-dimensional storylines, some nonlinear storytelling and quite distinctive lighting and cinematography. But nothing to the degree that finds the story being overwhelmed by pretensions to arthouse significance, as might be claimed of much of his earlier work. It also has a terrific cast, boasts a killer soundtrack and has a couple of really appealing cameo appearances. Michael Keaton bobs up midway through, as a cross pollinating character, both for this film and Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown. Then Samuel L Jackson emerges unexpectedly to wrap the movie up on a realistically positive, if not traditional Hollywood ending.What it does have is a narrative based on an Elmore Leonard novel. Leonard novels translated to the screen invariably mean plenty of dialogue, albeit clever and humorous in a frequently blackish way, but a surfeit of dialogue that may conversely lead to perceptions of a lack of action. Think Get Shorty! Be Cool! The afore mentioned Jackie Brown! The list is extensive. Out of Sight is one of these movies; a 2+ hour film with lots and lots of dialogue and earnest discussions surrounding shady "jobs", both carried out in the past and planned for the future, but no big set action pieces. It's the storyline and the characters which are the focus here and none more important than the relationship between non-violent career bank robber Jack Foley (George Clooney) and US Marshall (runs in the family) Karen Sisko.Their chemistry in their (surprisingly only) 2 key scenes is palpably intense and enjoyable. Both are very good with Clooney consolidating his growing A-list status at the time and Lopez proving, with a deliberately understated sexiness, she can really act and is more than capable of carrying a picture as the lead actress. Terrific support from the likes of Ving Rhames kind of doing what he does in Mission Impossible, Don Cheadle convincing as the jocular, but clearly dangerous key villain and Steve Zahn, as the nervy, out of his depth, comic relief who is the instigator of much of the later action. The bench is just full of abundant talent.For this writer, Out of Sight, whilst not quite deserving of its critically showered, monumental status, is still a very entertaining, though talky, professionally made, fun, movie experience. It certainly deserved a greater audience on its initial release and likely needed to be promoted/handled better by its studio.
Reviewed by star21 6 / 10

What was all the fuss about? *Review contains spoilers*

This move boasts excellent actors and some very entertaining characters - absolutely loved Glenn. The character of Karen, however, leaves much to be desired. I didn't take this movie too seriously but Karen struck me as the dumbest FBI agent that ever existed. Watching the kidnapping scene was painful thanks to the sheer stupidity of it all. Why was it so hard for Karen to shoot Jack when she was being taken hostage but not so much of a problem after she had already "fallen" for him? Some scenes amused me and some even made me laugh. Many scenes however, made me groan and roll my eyes. I give this movie a C+.

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