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Out of Sight

Out of Sight

1998
Romance
Comedy
2h 3m
A career bank robber busts out of jail (Clooney) with the help of his buddy (Rhames) and kidnaps a US Marshal (Lopez) in the process. When the two cons head for Detroit to pull off their final big scam, the Marshal is put on their case but she finds she is attracted to one of them and has second thoughts about bringing them in. (imdb)
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Out of Sight

1998
Romance
Comedy
2h 3m
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Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
77th
An enjoyable and sexy romance that benefits from a likeable and sexy cast.
Rated 24 Jun 2013
62
42nd
I saw this in the theater and walked out a little disappointed. As time went on the legend of the movie grew and I was convinced that I must have missed something. Hype can do that. Stigma can do that. I've seen The Phantom Menace close to six times because it just simply CAN'T be that bad. But it is. This one isn't bad, it's just not great. I'll take Jackie Brown every time.
Rated 13 Aug 2018
70
48th
Honestly, I only ever credited Lopez's acting career to her looks but she's not bad in this. NOT BAD LOOKING THAT IS! BOOM! Seriously though, her acting isn't bad in this, not good certainly, but not bad. Also, in her own sexual fantasy she gets in the tub fully clothed. I mean, Jesus Soderbergh, give us something..It's a friggin' gip.
Rated 12 Jun 2014
3
73rd
Incredibly goofy romcrime muck-about, not only saved but made enjoyable by a good cast with an especially cool Lopez.
Rated 30 Apr 2007
87
83rd
Stylish, laid-back and totally cool.
Rated 16 Mar 2008
96
97th
Soderbergh directs with an understated style and grace. He never pushes things too far, or over-plays his hand (as is the case at times in the Ocean films), and the movie unravels its plot with a marvelous chronology and gorgeous visual flare. Clooney earns his stripes here, effortlessly owning the screen like a modern Greg Peck or Carey Grant. The fights are hyper-realistic, the shoot-outs even more so, and Clooney and Lopez share what is one of the greatest love scenes ever put to film.
Rated 13 Feb 2010
65
42nd
I thought this was Soderbergh's most tedious work and in a way his blueprint for mega movie star laden projects that he later takes on. The entire script seems to be a setup for the two stars to fall in love so we can all feel happy because we are seeing them on the screen at the same time. It's very contrived but Soderbergh's directing is decent enough. It's worth a look if you can tolerate Lopez who isn't as annoying as she is in other films.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
9
7th
I will fight you if you like this movie... as long as you are no heavier than 140 pounds and are no taller than 5ft 5".... and you are a woman.
Rated 08 Sep 2009
100
96th
With a sharp screenplay, a pulsing score, gorgeous cinematography, and clever editing - "Out of Sight" bursts with an insanely seductive badass vibe. Playing out of chronological order and being quick on the wit, the film never loses breath of its realistic love aspect. While bullets fly and innocent people are butchered, the compelling lust that builds up between Jack and Karen makes the film balance out as one sexy, sexy film with brains, banter, and complete moviegoing satisfaction.
Rated 29 Feb 2012
80
59th
Best. Sex scene. Everrr.
Rated 19 Aug 2008
95
96th
I remember thinking this was great and J.Lo looked as hot as she was ever going to get.
Rated 22 Jun 2020
30
15th
There's nothing really bad about it, but for a Soderbergh film this felt really uninspired. A bunch of side characters that were both simultaneously interesting and boring at once. Clooney and Lopez look great. I've seen this B-movie plot several times. Fav scene: Lopez being hit on by losers at the bar until Clooney shows up.
Rated 28 Feb 2022
68
32nd
Kinda fun, but kinda fluffy. It seems like it has most of the key ingredients for a good crime-thriller -- cool dialogue, nonlinear narrative, some funny moments, a fairly good climactic shoot-out -- but it's all wrapped up in a film that seems a little too cool for itself. The romance between cop and criminal should be more interesting, but the film ends up with not much to explore with this central relationship, and it devolves into us watching hot people fuck.
Rated 28 Mar 2021
73
38th
In my opinion, this film hasn't aged very well. The politics of it are terrible (the central romance and the parts Guzman and Washington are meant to play), and the narrative is convolouted yet predictable. However, it's worth watching for the procession of great actors, some of whom were already famous (Lopez, Clooney, Ving Rhames, Albert Brooks, Dennis Farina), some who were not (Don Cheadle, Isaiah Washington, Viola Davis, Catherine Keener)
Rated 13 Jan 2009
98
80th
favorite Soderbergh. Sharp and funny - with very precise cinematography. A true Elmore Leonard material :)
Rated 24 Dec 2009
95
93rd
The best of the cool crime films that followed in the wake of Pulp Fiction and in some ways, the quintessential film of the 90s. An incredible cast, a slick score from David Hanson and snappy direction from Steven Soderbergh. (two times)
Rated 20 Sep 2010
69
73rd
Slick caper film that I feel works better than any of the Oceans films. Clooney is charming and even Lopez is mostly tolerable. Not a masterpiece but very well made and enjoyable.
Rated 08 Apr 2009
92
98th
This movie is a lot of unlikely elements mixed together to create something greater than the sum of its parts. An implausible J-Lo role, an annoyingly suave Clooney, a variety of unsavoury convict characters and the unsubtle Rhames... plus an unremarkable heist plot. Gotta hand it to Soderbergh, on top form, who brings it together with daring editing, a nice look, dialogue oozing spontaneity, comedy/violence and personality. A great soundtrack by David Holmes rounds off a superior crime package.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
79th
It was great cinema. It didn't deserve to get crushed by Armageddon.
Rated 23 Mar 2011
55
5th
Couldn't get into it. The characters felt more like "coolness delivery devices" more than real characters.
Rated 03 Mar 2012
80
68th
I've always been a little confused by the Soderbergh love. I agree that he's a good director, but there are a lot of good directors. The top 20% of Hollywood directors can turn out a good movie so long as they have good material. Soderbergh is in that top 20%, undoubtedly. But there seems to be a group that thinks that he's in the top 1%. I don't get it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
96
96th
Soderbergh's best. It's got style, romance, comedy, drama and is endlessly entertaining.
Rated 04 Oct 2010
100
94th
One of my absolute favorites. The acting is so fucking good you are immediately sucked in. I love rooting for the bad guys.
Rated 11 Mar 2010
88
95th
A really satisfying crime caper. The action and the characters hit all the right beats. One of Soderbergh's best.
Rated 22 May 2020
100
97th
It would be easy to compare this to the slew of late 90's Pulp Fiction knockoffs. But Soderbergh was obviously indebted to the same inspirations as Tarantino. The nuanced dialogue is faithful to the Elmore Leonard Novel. The David Holmes score could fit in a 70's blaxploitation or crime film. And the nonlinear timeline works with the neo-noir stylings. But what is cooler is how Soderbergh gets a diverse cast, all of whom did arguably some of their best work (and funniest) here. It's a classic!
Rated 23 Aug 2007
88
90th
Very Good
Rated 03 Jun 2019
33
17th
The characters have a very sleek allure to them thanks to glimmers of good dialogue. And this movie is quite a bit better than I could have imagined from Lopez and Clooney. But the only scale I could really use to judge this thing was how bad it easily could have been. It is straight cookie cutter plot and scenes. Like really bad supermarket cookies that a pastry chef took the time to decorate. It was boring, predictable, and full of lame, uninspired carictures.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
51
30th
It's a romance that has Jennifer Lopez in it, which is bad. But it does have George Clooney, which is good. At the end of the day it just remains mediocre really as nothing stands out as truly memorable.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
85th
A personal favorite. A cool, sexy romance featuring the best performances by both George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez (she's never been better). It's also shows Soderbergh's versatility as a director, as it's stylish but controlled.
Rated 26 Feb 2013
85
80th
What ever happened to this J-Lo? She commands the screen with a great presence, and matches up well with the always charming Clooney. A shame her acting career turned into bad rom-com one after the other. The movie works as kind of a prelude to the fun Ocean's movies that Soderbergh and Clooney went on to do together.
Rated 04 Sep 2019
80
86th
Soderbergh Trojan-horsed one of the most tender stories of romantic longing in a hilarious caper filled to the brim with character and charm. This movie made me pregnant.
Rated 22 Nov 2008
82
73rd
Lightweight fare, but slick and fun. Soderbergh's more experimental projects are more satisfying, but his mainstream stuff is usually enjoyable. J-Lo and Clooney are charming enough, although I wouldn't say they have amazing chemistry together.
Rated 25 Aug 2017
90
87th
Charming, stylish, witty, highly entertaining
Rated 11 Apr 2022
60
50th
Solid, but a bit lackluster despite the star-studded cast.
Rated 28 Jan 2010
57
51st
First Sodenbergh's mainstream movie, and it's symbolic that it's a caper movie - a genre that later brought wide recognition to former arhouse only director. Story itself isn't anything special, but the chemistry between two leads is outstanding. Editing of the film deserves a special mention. Scenes with heavy use of freeze frames and intercutting was a real pleasure to watch. Bar/sex scene put a huge smile of approval on my face. Overall, this movie is like an uncut diamond.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
98th
Soderbergh's near perfect adaptation of Elmore Lenard's novel, with great performances by Clooney and Jennifer Lopez.
Rated 16 Sep 2011
76
69th
Great chemistry between Clooney and Lopez.
Rated 07 Nov 2014
90
93rd
The scene with Lopez and Clooney in the trunk is one of my all-time favourite
Rated 29 Nov 2011
83
61st
Steven Soderbergh's thriller is a fun ride, if a slightly mixed bag on closer inspection. George Clooney is great, and Jennifer Lopez is quite solid (you wish she had stuck with acting), while Ving Rhames and Don Cheadle provide great support...but Steve Zahn is pretty annoying. The non-linear script is cleverly constructed and compelling...but there are disappointingly conventional stretches. The editing and cinematography are great, though, and the whole is rewardingly rich and varied.
Rated 18 Feb 2019
83
75th
Soderbergh is just a good filmmaker. He MAKES films.
Rated 14 Dec 2013
79
77th
Yesyes, Clooney the boytoy delivers
Rated 20 Oct 2007
85
79th
Slick, fun, and fast-paced. On the Jack-Karen relationship: It's easy to see how Jack is in a bad place and a risk-taker. Karen is drawn more subtly, but she, too, is in a weakened position relationally, which helps to explain the giant risks she takes with Jack. The editing of the scene at the Westin is a stand out. And Steve Zahn steals every scene he's in (in addition to revealing most clearly the film's interest in bringing some moral weight to the proceedings).
Rated 17 Jul 2019
74
74th
Jennifer Lopez is such a severely underrated actress. Favorite Soderbergh so far. I guess not even he could take all the fun, style and excitement out of that source material. So Elmore Leonard wins.
Rated 04 Sep 2016
62
51st
It wasn't a bad movie, honestly, but there are so many good movies out there that I can't imagine a reason to watch this now.
Rated 15 Sep 2007
80
89th
Funny, stylish, and well acted caper comedy. Clooney shows that he is a terrific and suave actor, and he just sizzles with Lopez ....who has never been better.
Rated 08 Apr 2009
80
73rd
Soderbergh flash and flair but with a pleasant amount of subtly. The Clooney/Lopez restaurant scene is perfection.
Rated 22 Nov 2009
78
91st
Better than the novel--casting excellent, making the supporting characters more interesting; changes in script actually improve the plot; direction also good. I still think the trunk scene doesn't work, but in later scenes J-Lo and Clooney are both sexy-hot. (2nd viewing)
Rated 14 Sep 2011
32
19th
I really have no idea what on earth made Clooney sign for this film. As for la Lopez, I have to admit the script matches her acting abilities. (...)
Rated 24 Feb 2021
75
69th
The script isn't quite as sexy as it thinks it is, but the cast did their thing. Shoutout Albert Brooks
Rated 06 Mar 2014
80
89th
Out of Sight is an example of great source material being translated wonderfully into a film. Elmore Leonard's novel has been faithfully adapted and turned into a great movie, enhanced with techniques only available to the world of cinema. It has good actors with strong, sharp, smart dialogue, it plays with timing and editing, it has an interesting plot and characters, and it immerses you right up until the end. This is a thrilling and funny movie.
Rated 18 Oct 2007
50
9th
Don't remember much except the trunk scene with Clooney and Lopez was kinda hot.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
42nd
Pretty decent flick. I'd recommend it.
Rated 28 Oct 2012
4
55th
A warm-up for Soderbergh's subsequent crime-related outing.
Rated 11 Sep 2007
88
65th
Jennifer Lopez, not J.-Lo. Trust me, the former is better.
Rated 18 Oct 2007
75
39th
If you have to watch La Lopez, make it this one. Clooney and Cheadle are good, too...
Rated 18 Apr 2019
80
60th
This is Jennifer Lopez's Almost Famous moment. Not an amazing performance, but much better than what she would go on to do thereafter. The film itself has a somewhat slow ramp up, but an intelligent screenplay and a top notch cast make the less engaging parts easy to sit through. I have to give Soderbergh credit. As unbelievable as the romantic elements might be, he manages to blend them into the heist and prison elements fairly well.
Rated 08 Jun 2009
65
41st
Bit too mushy, but there's no denying the two lead's sex appeal.
Rated 31 Oct 2008
60
37th
average
Rated 25 Feb 2019
60
47th
Pleasant, stylish film that you can relax to.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
32nd
Smart and entertaining, full of rich dialouge and original senarios. However, the movie still seems quite forgetabble.
Rated 18 Feb 2024
6
34th
A stylistic precursor to a later Soderbergh-Clooney collab, ‘Ocean’s 11’, but the story felt random and meandering and wasn’t particularly compelling. Clooney is having fun with his role, but that’s about it.
Rated 04 Jun 2007
41
28th
almost a good movie... almost
Rated 10 Apr 2018
80
81st
eğlence sineması bundan daha iyiye nadiren gidebiliyor. soderbergh ve scott frank, elmore leonard'ın hakkını vermişler. soderbergh'in odağı hiç dağıtmaması, görsel dili, diyalogları, karakterlerin kuruluşları... her şeyiyle keyifli bir seyirlik.
Rated 17 Sep 2013
90
77th
Charming, stylish, witty, highly entertaining
Rated 07 Mar 2010
79
57th
Some lightweight fun with Clooney as smooth as ever.
Rated 25 Aug 2015
95
63rd
George Clooney a career bank robber who prides himself on never having robbed a single bank with a gun. Of course that doesn't prevent Jack from getting arrested and thrown in prison over and over again. When Jack plots a jailbreak from his latest incarceration, he encounters U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez), who has come to the same prison to pick up a prisoner for transport. After interfering in the jailbreak, Karen is abducted by Jack.
Rated 06 Jul 2014
30
6th
way too many characters. Losses its focus. Lost interest after one hour.
Rated 10 Mar 2009
50
56th
good but nothing close to a masterpiece.
Rated 11 Aug 2012
90
89th
Just great fun, can't really fault much at all. Even Lopez isn't horrible.
Rated 12 Aug 2010
66
88th
#00s(e)#, liked, rewatch(2) }*{ #90s#, reviews, story, (Jennifer L).
Rated 23 Nov 2014
65
64th
A good cast, but a standard noir premise of everyone betraying everyone and none of it mattering -- the same year as The Big Lebowski, oddly enough. It probably would have given me a boner when I was 13.
Rated 12 Dec 2009
0
0th
Oh my... g-g-god (sorry, nothing better comes to my mind). Tragedy. Huge tragedy. Another movie with 'bad but cute' Clooney. Oh, I almost forgot about Lopez whose histrionics is hmm...uncommonly... obnoxious. Smash hit? Definitely NO.
Rated 28 Jan 2010
82
52nd
Clever, well-made little thriller. J-Lo isn't half-bad.
Rated 10 Apr 2007
75
68th
Lopez's best role to date. At least the one she showed some ability to act in. A decent plot and definite chemistry between the two stars helped make this one entertaining.
Rated 08 Mar 2021
70
52nd
This, I think, is the start of Soderbergh's few year run of dominance. I remember being at a friend's sleepover, and this was the film someone rented. All I remember is the trunk scene, and I am pretty sure we turned it off shortly after to play video games. So, your enjoyment of this film depends on whether you are a child at another child's sleepover or not.
Rated 29 Mar 2018
4
72nd
Still an incredibly sexy movie. Lopez's character felt much flatter second time around. Rewatch for: Meet-cute moment
Rated 17 Apr 2014
62
68th
Revisited (4+)
Rated 12 Jun 2009
55
30th
Bank robber versus attractive marshal. OK crime film.
Rated 13 Jun 2012
66
26th
I find it outragous that we don't get to see Brooks' prison bitch
Rated 19 Feb 2024
60
39th
An engaging crime-thriller that, while staid for Soderbergh, is just about elaborate here enough to retain the criteria of sufficiently good taste ('flavour balance'). I would probably enjoy his movies more if he was a genre director straight and true, but the talented ones always want to be an auteur.
Rated 15 Dec 2014
66
39th
I enjoyed it enough, especially with a bit of bonus Michael Keaton, but Lopez is a bit clunky, and the film has some ropey pacing. The last 20-30 minutes are pretty compelling - great sound design.
Rated 07 Feb 2008
60
47th
How sad to see Steven Soderbergh turn into a Tarantino wannabe
Rated 14 Sep 2013
55
21st
90s nonsense cheese romance.
Rated 02 Oct 2013
83
75th
83.000
Rated 08 Mar 2012
60
13th
Lots of famous actors, but nothing special is going on... kind of like oceans eleven, but without the other 10 :). Great chemistry between Clooney and Lopez though!.. only for that it's worth the watch.
Rated 15 Feb 2023
68
32nd
Great cast and pretty fun to watch, but the premise is too unbelievable so the movie would have benefitted from taking itself a little less seriously. Tries to be cool and sexy but I think 25 years have aged those elements
Rated 31 Mar 2008
60
58th
Okay the picture is way too long and the big romance scene slows to a drag, but the stupid characters & impossible romance are written for good laughs and only once are we spared the bloodletting. Good fun.
Rated 21 Feb 2007
90
87th
Irresistível Paixão estreava há 25 anos nos EUA. 98 foi um ano tão bom pra cinema e esse filme é TÃO sexy que nem sei. Clooney nunca esteve tão irresistível, Lopez nunca fez nada melhor do que isso, um elenco fantástico (não lembrava que Viola Davis estava nele), talvez seja mesmo o pico do Soderbergh. DVD Universal.
Rated 07 Aug 2015
80
50th
Great neo-noir. Minus ten points each for Luis Guzman and Steve Zahn, two of the most excruciatingly annoying characters ever.
Rated 23 May 2010
70
46th
This movie has one of the greatest freak death scenes ever and for that it gets 70 points!
Rated 03 Apr 2009
7
68th
The scenes without Lopez are awesome. Most of the scenes with her are almost unwatchable. It is like one of the worst, most unnecessary relationships on film. The scenes with Clooney doing his thing are awesome. This is still a good film, it just gets ruined by some unbelievable romance.
Rated 08 Apr 2011
75
47th
With an attitude more akin to Tarantino than what we've come to expect from Soderbergh, Out of Sight isn't a remarkable or particularly timeless film and it lacks a distinct identity, but it is a hell of an entertainment, with Clooney, Cheadle, Brooks, Rhames and even Lopez on good form and a witty, enjoyable Franks script.
Rated 16 May 2009
33
10th
I expected so much from this movie with Luis Guzman and Don Cheadle, but it was bad. Jennifer Lopez is hot, but she can't save this train wreck.
Rated 21 May 2009
20
44th
Soderbergh's adaptation of a Leonard novel falls compliantly in line with the post-Get Shorty view of the author as a fashion plate of the hip, the flip, the cool, the edgy. The result: a cops-and-robbers game that sacrifices logic and suspense for snigger and swagger. In the process, Soderbergh has been reduced from a distinctive independent filmmaking voice to a Hollywood yes-man. The cast is diverse and diverting
Rated 29 Jun 2023
76
65th
Soderbergh can't help but emphasize the loneliness of true professionals in a futile system, even as Clooney and Lopez smolder and smirk their way through this very stylish crime caper. Tbh it's kind of a drag on a wryly funny script, but everything still comes together nicely. Would love to see J.Lo get a part like this again. (Stray thought: In my headcanon, this is the origin of the OCEAN'S-verse.)
Rated 09 Jan 2007
45
13th
I can't say exactly why, but I didn't like this movie one bit when I saw it in the theatres. If I saw it again I could be specific, but that's not going to happen.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
67
69th
This is one of those crime/romance movies where it actually works. I don't know why all the synopsi say Lopez is an FBI agent, she's actually a US Marshal. The characters are all quite interesting, and thier interactions are well written.
Rated 01 Jan 2011
81
69th
81.000
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
27th
Love Clooney, Liked Lopez in this movie, the movie itself was so-so
Rated 20 Feb 2023
30
6th
tedious.

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