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”Out of Sight” received universal acclaim. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has a 94% approval rating, based on 106 reviews, with an average rating of | ”Out of Sight” received universal acclaim. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has a 94% approval rating, based on 106 reviews, with an average rating of ./10. The site’s critical consensus reads: “Steven Soderbergh’s intelligently crafted adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel is witty, sexy, surprisingly entertaining, and a star-making turn for George Clooney.”<ref>{{rotten-tomatoes|id=1083436-1083436-out_of_sight|title=Out of Sight}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 84 out of 100, based on 30 reviews, indicating “universal acclaim”.<ref>{{Metacritic film}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of “B-” on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com|title=Find CinemaScore|format=Type “Out of Sight” in the search box|publisher=[[CinemaScore]]|access-date=November 11, 2025}}</ref> | ||
Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three and a half out of four stars and praised Clooney’s performance, stating: “Clooney has never been better. A lot of actors who are handsome when young need to put on some miles before the full flavor emerges … Here Clooney at last looks like a big screen star; the good-looking leading man from television is over with.”<ref name=”ebert”>{{cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=June 19, 1998 |title=””Out of Sight” |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/out-of-sight-1998 |access-date=2023-01-06|via=RogerEbert.com}}</ref> [[Janet Maslin]] of ”[[The New York Times]]” praised Lopez’s performance, writing, “Ms. Lopez has her best movie role thus far, and she brings it both seductiveness and grit; if it was hard to imagine a hard-working, pistol-packing bombshell on the page, it couldn’t be easier here.”<ref name= “maslin”>{{cite news | last = Maslin | first = Janet | title = A Thief, a Marshal, an Item | work = [[New York Times]] | date = June 26, 1998 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/library/film/062698sight-film-review.html | access-date = 2009-01-23 }}</ref> [[Andrew Sarris]], in his review for ”[[The New York Observer]]”, wrote, “For once in a mainstream production, the narrative machinery works on all cylinders without any wasted motion or fatuous rhetoric. They don’t make movies like this anymore, in this overcalculated and overtested era.”<ref name= “sarris”>{{cite news | last = Sarris | first = Andrew | title = Sleeping With the Enemy … Of Course, the Enemy Is Jennifer Lopez | work = [[The New York Observer]] | date = June 28, 1998 | url = http://www.observer.com/node/40697 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100107053421/http://www.observer.com/node/40697 | url-status = dead | archive-date = January 7, 2010 | access-date = 2009-01-23 }}</ref> In his review for the ”[[Los Angeles Times]]”, Kenneth Turan wrote, “As always with the best of Leonard, it’s the journey, not the destination, that counts, and director Soderbergh has let it unfold with dry wit and great skill. Making adroit use of complex flashbacks, freeze frames and other stylistic flourishes, he’s managed to put his personal stamp on the film while staying faithful to the irreplaceable spirit of the original.”<ref name=”turan”>{{cite news |last=Turan |first=Kenneth |title=””Out of Sight” |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 26, 1998 |url=http://suprememale.tk/installing-the-bad-boy-mindset/,0,6661507.story |access-date=2009-01-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://suprememale.tk/installing-the-bad-boy-mindset/ |archive-date=May 24, 2006 }}</ref> | Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three and a half out of four stars and praised Clooney’s performance, stating: “Clooney has never been better. A lot of actors who are handsome when young need to put on some miles before the full flavor emerges … Here Clooney at last looks like a big screen star; the good-looking leading man from television is over with.”<ref name=”ebert”>{{cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=June 19, 1998 |title=””Out of Sight” |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/out-of-sight-1998 |access-date=2023-01-06|via=RogerEbert.com}}</ref> [[Janet Maslin]] of ”[[The New York Times]]” praised Lopez’s performance, writing, “Ms. Lopez has her best movie role thus far, and she brings it both seductiveness and grit; if it was hard to imagine a hard-working, pistol-packing bombshell on the page, it couldn’t be easier here.”<ref name= “maslin”>{{cite news | last = Maslin | first = Janet | title = A Thief, a Marshal, an Item | work = [[New York Times]] | date = June 26, 1998 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/library/film/062698sight-film-review.html | access-date = 2009-01-23 }}</ref> [[Andrew Sarris]], in his review for ”[[The New York Observer]]”, wrote, “For once in a mainstream production, the narrative machinery works on all cylinders without any wasted motion or fatuous rhetoric. They don’t make movies like this anymore, in this overcalculated and overtested era.”<ref name= “sarris”>{{cite news | last = Sarris | first = Andrew | title = Sleeping With the Enemy … Of Course, the Enemy Is Jennifer Lopez | work = [[The New York Observer]] | date = June 28, 1998 | url = http://www.observer.com/node/40697 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100107053421/http://www.observer.com/node/40697 | url-status = dead | archive-date = January 7, 2010 | access-date = 2009-01-23 }}</ref> In his review for the ”[[Los Angeles Times]]”, Kenneth Turan wrote, “As always with the best of Leonard, it’s the journey, not the destination, that counts, and director Soderbergh has let it unfold with dry wit and great skill. Making adroit use of complex flashbacks, freeze frames and other stylistic flourishes, he’s managed to put his personal stamp on the film while staying faithful to the irreplaceable spirit of the original.”<ref name=”turan”>{{cite news |last=Turan |first=Kenneth |title=””Out of Sight” |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 26, 1998 |url=http://suprememale.tk/installing-the-bad-boy-mindset/,0,6661507.story |access-date=2009-01-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://suprememale.tk/installing-the-bad-boy-mindset/ |archive-date=May 24, 2006 }}</ref> | ||
