History Film / OutOfSight

* AllNaturalGemPolish: {{Averted}} and {{lampshaded}}. When found, the diamonds are uncut and mentioned to look like rocks.

* InsistentTerminology: Maurice's do-rag is not ''lavender'', thank you very much, it's ''lilac''.

* AscendedExtra: "The Ripper" Ripley. In the book he's a very minor character, and isn't at home in Detroit when the last caper takes place. The movie expands the role-to compare Ripley's thievery to Foley's-and has him at the mansion during the home invasion.

* BankRobbery: Jack Foley is a master bank robber; the first scene is him robbing a bank without using a gun, by a daring scheme, then getting caught when his car won't start.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: Jack and his crew are gray. They're criminals, but they have a sense of morality. Snoopy and his gang are black. They're murderers and rapists. Ultimately, Jack and Snoopy become at odds with each other.
** Even Karen gets in on the Grey, being an otherwise decent cop who's engaged in an extramarital affair with a married ATD/FBI agent and later ends up in a romance with a criminal she's charged with arresting. [[spoiler: Gets even dodgier in the film version where she implicitly aids the escape of said criminal from prison.]]

%%* DaddysGirl: "My little girl... the tough babe..."

%%* {{Determinator}}: Karen Sisco

* FauxAffablyEvil: Snoopy is quite friendly and charming, but it does little to disguise how evil he is. He's quite willing to resort to murder and rape if he feels like it, and forces Glen to murder a rival drug dealer all while never dropping his amiable demeanor.

** During the home invasion, there's a brief shot of Ripley's housekeeper Midge in her bra and panties.

* GentlemanThief: Jack Foley and to a lesser extent Buddy.
** Foley-who robs banks for easily-insured cash and [[TechnicalPacifist without a gun]]-is contrasted with both Snoopy who coldly kills his robbery victims, and MorallyBankruptBanker Ripley who stole more money and ruined more lives than Foley ever could (with Foley the most prolific bank robber in the FBI database!).

* MyCarHatesMe: After a clever but impulsive heist Foley is arrested when his car fails to start.

* RaceLift: Buddy, and to an extent Karen. Buddy, in the novel, is white and described as a redneck-in the movie he's Ving Rhames. Karen's description in the novel has her as blonde, though it doesn't mention any distinct ethnicity.

* SuicideByCop: Foley attempts this. [[spoiler: Karen shoots him in the leg.]]

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Both Jack and Buddy. Jack is described as good looking, but nothing like George Clooney, and he reminds Karen of Creator/HarryDeanStanton (his demeanor, not his looks) which Clooney doesn't convey at all. Buddy is more like an older White Boy Bob in the book.

* Action Girl: Karen Sisco can beat up much larger opponents with ease and has no qualms about engaging in firefights.

* OverprotectiveDad: Hilariously so. Her dad (Farina) is upset that Karen is having an affair with Ray Nicolette, a married DEA/FBI agent... and yet seems more than willing to encourage her "pursuit" of bank robber Jack Foley knowing full well what Jack and Karen's "Time Outs" really mean.

''Karen Sisco'', a sequel series starring Creator/CarlaGugino in the title role, ran for a single season on ABC in 2003.

%%* Action Girl: Karen Sisco.

%%* AnachronicOrder

** Even Karen gets in on the Grey, being an otherwise decent cop who's engaged in an extramarital affair with a married DEA/FBI agent and later ends up in a romance with a criminal she's charged with arresting. [[spoiler: Gets even dodgier in the film version where she implicitly aids the escape of said criminal from prison.]]

* ContinuityNod: Michael Keaton plays the same role (Ray Nicolette) he did in ''Film/JackieBrown'', another Elmore Leonard adaptation. The movie had to make him a "loaner" character from the DEA (from ''Film/JackieBrown'') to explain how he was with the FBI during the manhunt for escaped prisoners.

%%* DatingCatwoman: Gender-reversed.

%%* FairCop: Karen Sisco

** During the home invasion, there's a brief shot of Midge in her bra and panties.

* EroticDream: The movie plays with the audience in revealing which character is having the dream [[spoiler:until it becomes obvious it's Karen. No guy bathes with scented candles.]]

A 1998 crime drama/romance film based on the Creator/ElmoreLeonard novel of the same name, starring Creator/GeorgeClooney as Jack Foley, a gentleman bank robber, and Music/JenniferLopez as Karen Sisco, the US Marshal tasked with apprehending him. Due to an impromptu hostage situation, Foley and Sisco find themselves locked in the trunk of a car together, where they quickly form a connection. Creator/AlbertBrooks is Richard Ripley, a rich businessman and former fellow inmate of Foley's, with a stash of diamonds that Foley wants to steal. Creator/DonCheadle plays Maurice "Snoopy" Miller, another former fellow inmate, a complete psychopath also looking to steal the diamonds.

** Even Karen gets in on the Grey, being an otherwise decent cop who's engaged in an extramarital affair with a married DEA/FBI agent and later ends up in a romance with a criminal she's charged with arrestin. Gets even dodgier in the film version where she implicitly aids the escape of said criminal from prison.

* ActionGirl: Karen Sisco.

* AnachronicOrder

* DaddysGirl: "My little girl... the tough babe..."
* DatingCatwoman: Gender-reversed.

* {{Determinator}}: Karen Sisco

* FairCop: Karen Sisco

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Both Jack and Buddy. Jack is described as good looking, but nothing like George Clooney, and he reminds Karen of Harry Dean Stanton (his demeanor, not his looks) which Clooney doesn't convey at all. Buddy is more like an older White Boy Bob in the book.

* AscendedExtra: "The Ripper" Ripley. In the book he's a very minor character, and isn't at home in Detroit when the [[OneLastJob last caper]] takes place. The movie expands the role-to compare Ripley's thievery to Foley's-and has him at the mansion during the home invasion.

* RatedMForManly: Has a cast line-up - not just the guys like Clooney, Rhames, Farina, GUZMAN! and Cheadle but also the ladies like Lopez and Nancy Allen - that makes Rated M movies on a regular basis, involves a heist, and relies on a Elmore Leonard novel to provide cool dialogue and cooler anti-heroes. It's also a surprisingly great date movie thanks to the romantic chemistry between Jack and Karen.