What makes it different from others?

What a waste of my time!!!

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

I honestly would've watched the whole movie if it wasn't so long within 2 hours! It would've been better if it was an hour and 30 minutes because I honestly got bored of it so quick, that I just had to switch to another movie. I mean, yeah Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney are the hot couple in this but, they needed more than just spice. I didn't think the storyline was gonna save them really, I just didn't feel anything here. I'm really disappointed with this movie and the fact it had great stars in it, seriously it's not that good!That's why im giving this a 4/10....

There are many things that people have missed when people have given this film a mediocre score. The romantic chemistry between the two has to be built quickly because there is so much plot to fill in, yet it has to be convincing. This it does so smoothly that it is completely undervalued by audiences, yet how often have we seen this done badly - or not even attempted.It is one of the first proper revivifications of the noire/caper genre, and is done so slickly, with great music, little quirks in editing, great pacing and simple understated performances that it seems easy to overlook these things and just enjoy it.If you look beyond the plot (which is fun btw, it has several different strands that unfold at different paces using a mixture of flash back and time shifts alongside conventional plot devices which was quite unique for the time) there is something put together really fluently which few film makers achieve nowadays. Suspense, character development, romance, action and intrigue.Personally I consider this a far better film than the Oceans films and it helped me fall in love with J'Lo as a teenage lad, despite her never really making another good movie, and really me falling in love with the character and the situation.

Out of Sight (1998): Dir: Steven Soderbergh / Cast: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Dennis Farina, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle: Potential clever caper given great writing and detail until it starts to resemble Ocean's Eleven. Title isn't exactly focused unless it refers to a getaway plans that never work for the criminal in question. He flicks his lighter rapidly anticipating his options. A plan forms and he calmly holds up a bank teller. His methods payoff until he is arrested shortly thereafter. He spends much of his life in prison but another plan forms where he breaks out. Assisted by his partner the plan works until he finds himself in the trunk of a car with a female cop. Clever writing with a surprise ending involving sacrifice. Stylish directing by Steven Soderbergh who previously made Sex, Lies and Videotape. George Clooney brings charm to a clumsy criminal. Jennifer Lopez is superb as a cop torn between profession and romance but ultimately witnesses the ultimate sacrifice. Other roles are rendered to formula to typical capers. Dennis Farina plays Lopez's father who presents her with a gun on her birthday. Ving Rhames plays Clooney's loyal partner who will play through to the end. Don Cheadle plays another criminal planning to hit the same target. While there is potential for greatness here, the end result is an undemanding screenplay that is out of sight. Score: 7 / 10

A career bank robber (George Clooney) breaks out of jail and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a US Marshall (Jenny From the Block) he has kidnapped.First of all, this is an incredible ensemble cast. Michael Keaton, Ving Rhames, Steve Zahn, Dennis Farina. For a film that has grown increasingly obscure and forgotten, it has a fair amount of bigger names that people may want to see. Why did it become obscure? Was it as part of the anti-Lopez backlash? Who knows? Now, for me, I could have used more of Clooney as the suave bank robber who does not need a gun and less of the romantic angle between him and Lopez. Why complicate a good heist / crime story with phoney Hollywood emotions?