Out of Sight: Collector's Edition

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Summary: George's star is rising fast!
Review: I loved this movie. George Clooney is so great as Jack Foley--if you are a Clooney fan, you will love it too. Jennifer Lopez and Ving Rhames also give great performances. If you have read the book by Elmore Leonard, you will be happy to know that the movie sticks very close to the story. Final analysis: Truly a must-see.

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Summary: JLo & Who?
Review: Clever dialogue and witty banter make "Out of Sight" an enjoyable film loaded with many twists and meaningful turns. Characters played smart kept my attention, though I was confused about who was Jennifer Lopez's boyfriend. How apropos? George Clooney is too good looking to survive in prison and come out looking so fresh. Many familiar faces, not all in the credits offer more fun. No surprise Clooney and Lopez find a lot to talk about and the time for conversation in the end.

Michael Duranko
www.bootism.com

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Summary: The Best Date Movie Ever?
Review: Out of Sight is an amazing movie, and one which never fails to please those I loan it to and tell them to watch it as a movie on a date early in a relationship. There is eye candy for the ladies in the form of a still young and exceptionally suave George Clooney, and for the men in an especially beautiful Jennifer Lopez (before she was REALLY and absurdly famous), featuring a truly great skirt shedding shot from behind(we all know why it's great). There is romance and action, and it all falls at just the right moment.

But even more notable is the film's ability to continuously entertain and the well directed, written, and scored aspects of it. A young Steven Soderbergh gives the viewer an appropriately shot film featuring little of his later hand held camera angles, but enough to make it work. He employs some of the same color associations here as he used so successfully later in his career on "Traffic." The flashbacks to the prison are harshly lit, the Miami area is gaudy and bright, and detroit is grungy and slate-blue, except when it is snowing, which is when some of the most softly lit and inspired scenes in the movie occur. I dare anyone to watch the scene where unfocused huge snowflakes fall behind Clooney and Lopez in the hotel bar and not believe that maybe their crazy relationship might work. But much of that is owed to the undeniable chemistry between the two. The scenes in which they interact are very softly lit, and this adds much sensuality to them, a tensed sense of something about to happen, and when it does, the audience is not let down.

The writing lends plausibility to an unlikely story, and the ending helps immensely in preventing the audience from sighing with frustration at the unbelievability of it all, with some memorable smaller performances from Don Cheadle, Ving Rhames, and Steve Zahn, most notably, but all the scenes are well acted and a certain amount of love went into each one. The score, a funky and smooth keyboard and bass affair, with some Isley Brothers classics thrown in for good measure, are the perfect accompaniment to the films visuals.

All in all, "Out of Sight" is a well acted, believably casted, well-defined film with some nice surprises and great characters. It might seem mediocre at first, but with repeated viewings, it WILL grow on you. I've yet to meet someone resistant to its charms. Watch it on a date, with someone who has never seen it before. They'll love, it and so will you. It hasn't failed yet.

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Summary: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Review: This film was tame compared to some 'rom-coms' I've seen. It was good to waste a couple of hours watching, when you're alone in a flat, and the person in the flat above you keeps making strange noises, and scaring the beejeezus out of you!

I quite like Jennifer Lopez, and loved her in Maid In Manhattan, but I just don't see the appeal in George Clooney, or why women seem to swoon over him constantly. Where is this guy sexy?! I've seen loads better, and he's not going grey . . . yet!!!

The only good thing about this movie, was the scene early on with George & Jennifer in the boot (trunk if you're american) of the car. It was a very highly charged scene, and there was loads of chemistry. I can imagine there would be some chemistry when you're squashed up together like that!

I loved Steve Zahn in this - he plays such a funny character, and in my opinion he should have been given more screen time. Or they should have given him the main role!!!

Who blinked & completely missed (or didn't realise who it was) Samuel L. Jackson at the end? I don't think I was concentrating by that point, but that was quite cool! And he did the cameo free of charge - for all the time it took to film.

Plus, there's quite a few flashbacks, which come & go in the film without warning, and gets really annoying! I never had a clue what was going on!

This film isn't really worth the hassle of watching. It's not that great. And the finale kinda ends without properly finishing. What's the point?

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Summary: One of my favorite
Review: The acting in this movie is supurb, even down to the small and quirky role of Michaal Keaton as the "FBI" agent (you will laugh if you can picture that scene with him wearing that t-shirt...).
I mean this movie has a character named "White Boy Bob" for christola sake! The Miami hotel elevetor scene is worth the price of admission alone... Not to mention J-Lo actually acts quit well in this film, not sure if this was her debut on film, but one of the first for sure.
One of my all time favorite movies, period.

"First time being held-up?"

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Summary: A movie worth owning
Review: People often wonder why I buy movies. Sometimes, it's an impulse thing, especially at Blockbuster, where it's economically feasible if you're going to watch the thing more than once (those darn MBAs). But mostly, it's when I'm struck by something special. In this film, it's the chemistry between Clooney and Lopez, which is something you just don't see very often in movies.

Clooney gets to be his charming, smirky self (which is now basically reprised in every one of his movies, with varying ratios of smirk to scowl) and Lopez simply smoulders as a tough cop (especially in the impractical, improbable leather outfit in the later half of the movie). Add some fine performances by Don Cheadle, Ving Rhames, Stephen Zahn and Dennis Farina, and you've got an exceptionally smooth crime film with great dialogue.

Soderbergh certainly doesn't need my critical approval to get people to watch his movies, but I think this is one of his best. A great balance of music, humor, quirkiness (courtesy of Elmore Leonard), and the awkward moments of people trying to make a connection, make this a perfect movie for those nights when you're not certain what you want to see. Consequently, it also makes it a good movie to just have around the house.

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Summary: JLo & Who?
Review: Clever dialogue and witty banter make "Out of Sight" an enjoyable film loaded with many twists and meaningful turns. Characters played smart kept my attention, though I was confused about who was Jennifer Lopez's boyfriend. How apropos? George Clooney is too good looking to survive in prison and come out looking so fresh. Many familiar faces, not all in the credits offer more fun. No surprise Clooney and Lopez find a lot to talk about and the time for conversation in the end.

Michael Duranko
www.bootism.com

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Summary: "Out Of Sight" Review
Review: Steven Soderbergh's smoothly-adapted cinematic take on Elmore Leonard's novel of the same name has George Clooney (in one of his finest performances) as Jack Foley, a bank robber who keeps ending up upstate due to a good deal of bad luck. Jennifer Lopez is Karen Sisco, a beautiful but very dangerous Federal marshall who ends up in Foley's trunk during a prison getaway and eventually ends up falling for the escaped prisoner she has been assigned to bring back in. Foley and his partner-in-crime, Buddy (Ving Rhames) are planning one last score though. They're planning to swipe some uncut diamonds from a former cellmate who has them hidden in his winter home in Detriot. They aren't the only ones in on the caper though as Don Cheadle's thuggish Maurice "Snoopy" Miller has also managed to bully his way into the picture. "Out Of Sight" works real well, mostly in part to thanks to Scott Frank's very well-done adaption of Leonard's novel. The very entertaining performances from the ensemble cast don't hurt things either. Even J-Lo who is generally more of a "movie star" than an "actress" brings a lot to the table. Also look for Michael Keaton in a brief cameo, reprising his role as Ray Nicolette from "Jackie Brown".