1998 Directed by Steven Soderbergh
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. Variety hails Out of Sight as "a sly, sexy, vastly entertaining film."
"Is this your first time being robbed?"
Visually striking and artistically creative editing style, replete with match cuts, freeze frames, and a truly show-stopping cross-cut sexual fantasy (it's no wonder to find Lawrence of Arabia's Anne V. Coates in the editing room). Massive ensemble expertly directed to bring to life a cast of strong characters with a smart, funny script. Smooth bass line, funky slide guitar and groovy keyboards running through a characteristically jazzy soundtrack. Out of Sight is a surprisingly lovely gem from a truly great director. One of Soderbergh's best.
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Mhm...that was spicy.
I like spicy.
Out of Sight is a star, it's gravitational pull makes me a planet I guess because I'm not going anywhere while I watch Soderbergh's pizzazziest flick(and my favorite). Lopez and Clooney is the definition of chemistry. Oily and slick. The soft yellows and oranges throughout are mood inducingly sophisticated. Oozing with delectable dialogue and hilarious moments placed just right. The sexy comedic crime canvas has been achieved. Well done Mr. Soderbergh. Bravo!👌🔥
Sometimes you get a pitch perfect on screen chemistry.George Clooney and a never better Jennifer Lopez sizzle in this crime film based on an Elmore Leonard novel of the same name.
Steven Soderbergh brought an ice-cool movie to the screen with a directorial style that just oozed class. Soderbergh moved more into the mainstream and out of the art-house with a slick and frenetic film that rarely stops to take a breath. Clooney gives a performance reminiscent of Steve McQueen in "The Getaway" with his bank robber calmness and air of cool. Lopez is seductively attractive and her interaction with Clooney is flawless and very natural. They just look great together.
A crime flick about bank robbers,uncut diamonds and an…
In 1998 director Steven Soderbergh realized that he was tired of being pigeon-holed as an indie filmmaker and decided he wanted to make a mainstream movie. Never one to half-ass something, Soderbergh didn't just churn out a generic crowd pleaser, he made Out of Sight, a hybrid romance/crime comedy that is, in my opinion, the best film I've seen from him yet.
Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard, Out of Sight is, at its core, a pretty simple love story, two people meet, find themselves drawn to each other and try to avoid life getting in the way of their budding romance. Of course, things get a little less simple when it's pointed out that our male lead, Jack…
One of the most overlooked films of my lifetime.
Clooney and Lopez have total star quality and they both simmer brilliantly on screen here.
There is a heist, a jail break, and a flawless melding of comedy and drama and Steven Soderbergh ties it together like a fucking boss.
Brilliant.
The sexiest film of the 90's has an edgy cast, witty lines, and the coolest plot of any film this year. George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez are loads of fun as a charming thief who falls for the FBI agent on his tail. They both ooze charisma and their chemistry is genuine and hot-blooded. It's not often when movie stars sizzle like these two.
Albert Brooks, Don Cheadle, Ving Rhames, Steve Zahn, Michael Keaton and the incomparable Dennis Farina fill out the ensemble nicely as Uber-filmmaker Steven Soderbergh gets another day in the spotlight just for being so goddamn cool.
My #1 most stylish movie: Out of Sight (1998), directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Out of Sight is the coolest movie I've ever seen. This movie just oozes style and wit. That starts with the source material. I haven't read this particular Elmore Leonard novel, but I've read other Leonard stuff, and I'm confident in saying that he provided a lot of the style. His dialogue is just so good. It's stylish, without being stylized. It doesn't draw attention to itself, except when you realize how much you are enjoying listening to these characters banter or flirt. This terrific material was adapted for the screen by Scott Frank, a really great screenwriter (and now a director as well), who previously tackled…
There is one scene in this movie that is absolute perfection.
J-Lo is an FBI agent in pursuit of bank robber George Clooney. After one interaction in the trunk of a car, the two develop the hots for each other.
The scene in particular has the two meeting in a hotel bar. They partake in an intimate conversation in a scene with some glorious lighting. Intercut between their flirting is a moment that follows, the two silently undressing and partaking in some pre-sex foreplay. It is one of the most intimate and sexiest moments in film history.
The rest of the film is pretty good too. It's a fun, slick crime film with some catchy dialogue and director Steven Soderbergh's typically confident filmmaking.
However, it's this one scene that makes people put it on their "best-of" film lists.
I have no idea why so many of my favorite movies from the 90s are crime movies. It could be something about what I was into back then, or maybe that was just where the best movies were being made. I'm not sure.
Out of Sight is the sexiest movie I have ever seen. It accomplishes this sexiness without a single shot of nudity, and only one scene that could even loosely be described as a "sex scene." How is this possible? Well, Steven Soderbergh is a genius. He takes his time introducing us to the two lead characters and intertwining their relationship with the events of the plot in a completely organic way. The foundation for this was already…
You see where Soderbergh went from here in terms of eventually winning Best Director for Traffic. The film utilized such strong editing and cinematography to establish place, perfectly executing the strong script.
Also, there are so many faces! A plethora of big actors appear here, both in cameos and as major players.
And J-Lo? She's fantastic.
a terrific crime caper, soderbergh's OUT OF SIGHT feels very much like a prelude to his OCEAN'S trilogy.
i loved it.
There's something so weird, wacky, and fun about this movie, and I can't tell if its intentional or not, but I love it.
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