DVD Movie Rating for: Out of Sight

3 out of 5 stars

Movie Plot of: Out of Sight

A career bank robber busts out of jail (George Clooney) with the help of his buddy (Ving Rhames) and kidnaps a US Marshal (Jennifer Lopez) in the process. When the two cons head for Detroit to pull off their final big scam, the Marshall is put on their case but she finds she is attracted to one of them and has second thoughts about bringing them in.

George Clooney stars as Jack Foley, a bank robber who escapes from prison, attempts to rob a tycoon (Brooks), and seduces the female marshal (Jennifer Lopez) out to capture him.

DVD Production Details of: Out of Sight

Starring: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Format: Color, Closed-captioned, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen, Dolby

Studio: Universal Studios

DVD Release Date: May 4, 1999
DVD Features:
Widescreen anamorphic format

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Cast of the movie: Out of Sight

• George Clooney.... Jack Foley
• Jennifer Lopez.... Karen Sisco
• Ving Rhames .... Buddy Bragg
• Don Cheadle .... Maurice 'Snoopy' Miller
• Dennis Farina .... Marshall Sisco
• Albert Brooks .... Richard Ripley
• Nancy Allen .... Midge
• Catherine Keener .... Adele Delisi
• Isaiah Washington .... Kenneth 'Kenny'
• Steve Zahn .... Glenn Michaels
• Luis Guzmán .... Jose Portencio 'Chino' Chirino
• Keith Loneker .... White Boy Bob
• Jim Robinson .... Mr. Gwendon
• Mike Malone .... Bank Customer (as Elgin Marlow)
• Donna Frenzel .... Loretta Randall

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Reviews of the movie: Out of Sight

'Out of Sight' is one of those rare films that can boast of having class in every department. The direction, script, cinematography, design and costumes disply such an acute and almost natural flair for bringing Elmore Leonard to the screen that it should be made illegal to film any of his novels without these people. But the acting is in a world of its own. Farina, Keaton, Rhames, Cheadle and Zahn all bring depth, comedy and intelligence to their roles. All are eclipsed however by the irresistable pairing of Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney. Clooney has finally managed to act without peering beneath his eyebrows and the effect is electric. This is the part he was born to play. His charisma is tangiable, but there is also a sense of fatalism whihc makes his character all the more compelling. Lopez, after her screaming shit-fits in the woeful 'Anaconda' proves that sexuality must also equal intelligence. Her Cisco is a mouth-watering mix of sass, beauty and cut-throat determination. It is one of those moments when you can actually see a star being born on screen. Put George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez together, and you have the type of chemistry with which executives have wet dreams over

Out of Sight scored critical raves, but its title sums up the theatrical fate of Steven Soderbergh's coolly comic crime caper and misfit romance based on Elmore Leonard's novel. But this is the sort of buried treasure home video was created to rescue.

George Clooney comes into his own as a leading man in the role of inveterate bank robber Jack Foley. Incarcerated, he uses another inmate's prison break as a cover for his own escape. Waiting for him, according to plan, is his partner, Buddy (Ving Rhames). Also waiting for him, not according to plan, is federal agent Karen Sisco (the ravishing Jennifer Lopez). She finds herself disarmed in more ways than one when she is deposited in the getaway car's trunk with Jack. But that doesn't stop her from joining the task force created to capture him, while he plans "one last heist."

Out of Sight is a rich, entertaining film, stylish without being showy, faithful to the integrity of Leonard's potent dialogue and quirky characters, and seamlessly acted by a dream ensemble. Standouts include Albert Brooks as convicted insider trader Richard Ripley, who while in prison brags to the wrong people that he has $5 million in uncut diamonds hidden in his house; Don Cheadle as Maurice (don't call him "Snoopy") Miller, with whom Jack warily teams up to steal said diamonds; Dennis Farina as Karen's protective father (his idea of a birthday gift is a Sig-Hauer .38); and, in unbilled cameos, Michael Keaton, reprising his Jackie Brown role as FBI agent Ray Nicolet, and Samuel L. Jackson.