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Out of Sight (1998) Rank 4 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Out of Sight (1998) a score of 3.3402 out of 4

based on (42) reviews

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Excellent

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Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)

Another of those stunningly well-written movies based on books by the very productive Elmore Leonard. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)

Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)

This one came out of left field and knocked my socks off. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)

Soderbergh and his longtime cinematographer Elliot Davis have given us an action film that looks as sleek and moody as Krzysztof Kieslowski's Red. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)

Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)

Engaging and consummately entertaining. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)

The New York Times (Janet Maslin)

The film's sleek moodiness and visual sophistication are so effective that there's even a scene here that makes Detroit look like the most romantic city in the world. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at The New York Times (Janet Maslin)

Variety (Emanuel Levy)

Reveals Soderbergh in peak form, as he endows Leonard's postmodern yarn with a meticulously detailed mise en scene that helps each member of his terrific ensemble soar. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at Variety (Emanuel Levy)

LA Weekly (Manohla Dargis)

This isn't a profound film, or even an important one, but then it isn't trying to be. It's so diverting and so full of small satisfying pleasures, you don't realize how good it is until it's over. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at LA Weekly (Manohla Dargis)

New Times (L.A.) (Michael Sgragow)

The audience responds to Out of Sight the way Jack and Karen do to each other. Instantly we like the way it looks, moves, and sounds. Ultimately we like how it makes us feel. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at New Times (L.A.) (Michael Sgragow)

Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)

In some ways Soderbergh does a much better job than Tarantino. He handles the time shifts more adroitly, always keeping us on track; he goes easy on the violence, and when he does unleash it, it's short, fast and ugly. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)

Newsweek (David Ansen)

Lucky for us there are no ordinary circumstances in this smart, tasty adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel and it gets quirkier, funnier and sexier as it goes. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at Newsweek (David Ansen)

Netflix (James Rocchi)

Sexy, funny crime-thriller has it all. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at Netflix (James Rocchi)

San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)

[Soderbergh] plays with time and narrative to reveal character, mood and longing in ways you just don't find in a mainstream crime picture. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)

Man Who Viewed Too Much (Mike D'Angelo)

This pleasantly artful cop'n'robber saga is a much-needed reminder of what big-budget American movies are supposed to be. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at Man Who Viewed Too Much (Mike D'Angelo)

Man Who Viewed Too Much (Mike D'Angelo)

Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)

Jack is just one of a dozen enormously appealing personalities in Out of Sight. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)

Time (Richard Schickel)

What makes this movie work is the kind of cool that made Get Shorty go so nicely: an understanding that life's little adventures rarely come in neat three-act packages, the way most movies now do, and the unruffled presentation of outrageously twisted ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at Time (Richard Schickel)

The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)

Works both as a great romance and a great, unconventional crime thriller. But step back from such distinctions, and it just looks like a great movie. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)

Slate (David Edelstein)

Soderbergh contrives the perfect voice for Leonard's prose--laid-back and grooving when it needs to be, but also taut, with the eerie foreboding of violence about to erupt. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at Slate (David Edelstein)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Everything in Out of Sight is smart -- the dialogue, the characters, and the storyline. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)

Undoubtedly, [the lead actors] both benefit hugely from the sharpness of Leonard's stock-in-trade dialogue: Put smart words in any actor's yap, and their performance will rise accordingly. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

The first film to build on the enormously influential "Pulp Fiction" instead of simply mimicking it. It has the games with time, the low-life dialogue, the absurd violent situations, but it also has its own texture. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)

A pleasurable and genial jewel-heist tale that itself is just shy of being a real gem. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Steven Soderbergh's "Out of Sight" is a crime movie less interested in crime than in how people talk, flirt, lie and get themselves into trouble. ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

In the middle of the summer movie season, when most films are designed with the intelligence of a seven year-old for viewers with the attention span of someone even younger, it's refreshing to find a picture like Out of Sight, which is not only smart, but ...read the complete Out of Sight movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

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