Review of Out of Sight (1998) by Bobby B — 19 Nov 2009

What a nice surprise this one was. Out of Sight is smart, stylish entertainment, with Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney, and Jennifer Lopez all all the top of their game. For Soderbergh and Clooney, that's saying something - although that's not too impressive for Lopez, considering that she's a pretty bland actress. For once, though, Lopez shows that she does have serious potential. Her performance here is charming, strong, and funny - this is easily Lopez's best performance. Clooney dominates the screen, proving that he is one of the most charismatic and likeable actors working today. Together, Clooney and Lopez have unbelievable chemistry.

Soderbergh is also doing some of his best work here, creating an unbelievably stylish movie. Out of Sight is visually beautiful, every scene has a very smooth, sleek look to it. And while I very rarely notice things like this, the editing is perfect - the way the love scene was built was breathtaking (it also is one of the sexiest scenes in any movie, without showing any nudity).

Overall, Out of Sight is phenomenal entertainment - and I haven't even touched on any of the extremely fun supporting characters or the delightfully twisty plot, because this is the kind of movie that's better to enter blindly. Certainly one of the most underrated films of the 90's (along with another awesome Elmore Leonard adaptation, Jackie Brown).