Out of Sight

Out of Sight (1998)

  • 93% of critics liked it
    (72 reviews)

  • 65% of users liked it
    (56,225 ratings)

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… More

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R, 2 hr. 3 min.
Directed By
Steven Soderbergh
Written By
Scott Frank
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
In Theaters
Jun 26, 1998 Wide
On DVD
May 4, 1999
Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, Variety

    Steven Soderbergh's most ambitious and most accomplished work to date.

  • Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

    From 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.

  • Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

    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.

  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

    Out of Sight isn't just a rousing piece of entertainment, it's also a cinematic salvage operation.

  • Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

    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.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • c0up  


    'Out of Sight'. A playful, sexy, romantic, comic caper oozing charm and appeal through its well-rounded characters and a central relationship that works superbly. Two scenes stood out. I'll declare one the best accidental death I've seen on screen, while I rack… More

  • xGary X


    A smooth talking bank robber develops an infatuation with the beautiful US Marshall who is tracking him. Out Of Sight is the film in which we saw the first glimpse of what George Clooney was capable of and is clearly where the seeds of the Ocean's franchise were sown. It's a… More

  • Graham J


    The first great caper film directed by Steven Soderbergh, with a style that he would further explore in his "Ocean's" films.

  • Tim S


    Adapted from Elmore Leonard's novel, Out of Sight is a sexy noirish love story disguised as a heist film. This has a great cast of characters, and in retrospect, almost feels like a prequel to Ocean's Eleven - but in style only. Soderbergh does some good character work here,… More

  • Lewis C


    Out of Sight is a sexy, twisty, non-linear crime flick with a great cast. There are very heavy influences of Pulp Fiction here, and it's pretty entertaining at times, but I've seen better similar movies.

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