Out of Sight (VHS Tape)

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Out of Sight

Starring: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez
Directors: Steven Soderbergh
Features: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, NTSC

 Average Customer Rating: 4.17/5.00
Amazon Sales Rank: 13,203
Theatrical Release Date: 19980626
VHS Tape Release Date: 17 April, 2001
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)

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Number of VHS Tapes: 1
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 List Price: $14.98, Amazon Price: $14.98

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Amazon Customer Reviews of this item: (Average Rating is 4.17/5.00)

Rating: 5 [ FIVE STAR SEXUAL CHEMISTRY ]
George Clooney stars with Jennifer Lopez in this excellent and entertaining romantic heist movie, unfortunately much overlooked and poorly promoted on its theatrical release. Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard and superbly and subtly directed by Steven Soderbergh. George Clooney (as bank robber Jack Foley) and Jennifer Lopez (as Federal Marshall Karen Sisco) light up the screen with previously unparalleled sexual chemistry in the movie that finally launched their big screen careers to the A list, after previous false starts (such as The Peacemaker and The Money Train respectively). Also boasting a very impressive supporting cast that includes Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Steve Zahn, Albert Brooks, Dennis Farina (as Jennifer Lopez father) and great cameos from Michael Keaton and Samuel L. Jackson, movies really don't get much better than this.

Principally this is the story of serial bank robber Jack Foley and Federal Marshall Karen Sisco, on opposite sides of the law but inescapably attracted to each other. When Jack escapes from prison aided by his friend Buddy (Rhames) he ends up in the trunk of a car with the kidnapped Karen Sisco (Lopez) after she nearly foils the prison break. However, thanks to their inept friend Glenn Michaels (Zahn), Karen escapes and Jack and Buddy have to go on the run. Meanwhile, Karen Sisco is hot on Jack's trail in more ways than one in this brilliantly played, beautifully written, excellently directed movie. This has everything I love about movies, a great story, great cast and great style. Truly unmissable and well worthy of five stars.


Rating: 5 [ Right on Target ]
Earlier this year, the Boston Film Critics Society chose Out of Sight as the Best Film of 1998. It wasn't a publicity stunt. Simply stated, director Steven Soderbergh has crafted a seductive character study with Out of Sight. Clooney, as bank robber Jack Foley, and Lopez, as U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco, have an unforced and natural presence on screen together. If a criminal-marshal relationship seems a bit far-fetched, these two make a believable romance. The true gems of this movie, however, are the ensemble cast--Ving Rhames as Jack's prison buddy Buddy, Dennis Farina as Lopez's smart-aleck dad, Michael Keaton--in an unbilled cameo--as Sisco's clueless beau, Don Cheadle as a two-bit thug, Catherine Keener as Jack's sympathetic ex, and Steven Zahn as a tripped-out stooge. Soderbergh manages to stage an extraordinary scene halfway through the movie, when Foley and Sisco meet up in a Detroit bar: the voiceovers, witty dialogue, just-right editing, and hyponotic music make it quite a magical moment. Kudos for the film's strong performances, slick script, groovin' soundtrack, and deft technical touches.

Rating: 5 [ Why I have a soft spot in my heart for Jennifer Lopez. ]
Though this made no money when it was first released, director Steven Soderbergh's caper film "Out of Sight" has developed a strong cult following. This well-written, well-acted, beautifully shot ensemble comedy-drama is superior entertainment, and it "launched" Soderbergh's comeback to the world of serious film by proving that Hollywood films can still be smart and artistic.

Taken from an Elmore Leonard novel, the script gives George Clooney his best part to date. As Jack Foley, a moderately successful thief who uses words more than guns, he's given moments where he's supposed to be tough and tender. He's smart but impulsive, and he frequently finds himself in the middle of a jam. During a prison escape, for instance, he ends up sharing a car trunk with a federal marshal named Karen Sisco, played in a sophisticated, ballsy turn by Jennifer Lopez.

From that scene of flirtatious, intense dialogue because they like each other and hate each other, stuck at an impasse where neither one of them can make a move, Sisco and Foley banter and battle throughout the entire movie. When their confrontations come (in the seduction scene and, later, in the final heist), the payoffs to the audience are rewarding.

The supporting cast is uniformly colorful, and all the characters are well-defined. I particularly liked Don Cheadle's work as a scary, insecure prison boxer and Steve Zahn's turn as a hapless criminal obsessed with wearing sunglasses.

But the scenes between Clooney and Lopez set the screen on fire, moreso because of the way they deliver their dialogue than because of the way they look. The editing of the seduction scene, where their dinner dialogue seems to narrate what happens to them after dinner, is what makes it so sexy.

Great movie. Lopez has never done anything yet that's as good.