Out of Sight came out in 1998, back when George Clooney was just kind of famous, back when Jennifer Lopez was only mildly annoying, and back when the most relevant thing Steven Soderbergh had directed was Sex, Lies, and Videotapes (a flick our parents wouldn’t let us see that we later watched with great disappointment).

Out of Sight is based on an Elmore Leonard novel (that we haven’t read). It’s quirky and dark and clever. The dialogue is tremendously deadpan, and the supporting cast of soon-to-be relevant actors brings the whole thing home. It’s Get Shorty meets Ocean’s Eleven with a dash of thugged out Don Cheadle. Pretty awesome stuff.

Additional points we’d like to make:

• If you can put your brain in a mental time machine and block out everything you learned post-1998 this movie will remind you what all the Jennifer Lopez fuss was about.

• As far as we’re concerned Maurice Miller is Don Cheadle’s all-time greatest role. Every line that comes out of his mouth is repeatable.

• Pretty much every George Clooney movie before Out of Sight sucked ass (From Dusk til Down is debatable) and just about every George Clooney movie after Out of Sight has been solid.

• Sam Jackson cameos are the best.

• Steve Zahn used to be kind of awesome.

• Prior to Isaiah Washington being a famous homophobe he played a psycho ex-con who may or may not have had intercourse with dogs.

• Michael Keaton makes a money cameo playing the same character he played in Jackie Brown.

• We’ll never understand why HBO can air Code Name: The Cleaner five times a day and not air Out of Sight at least once a month.

OK, we’ve once again done our part. If you haven’t seen Out of Sight now is the time to make a point to check it out. From there you can come back and tell us how much it sucks.

• The Kenny Loggins Secret To Movie Making
• 22 All-Time Repeatable Vince Vaughn Lines
• The 5 Hottest Female Movie Vampires That Have Nothing To Do With Twilight

Make This Popular:

email

facebook

stumble

twitter