History Film / OutOfSight

* SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: Karen suffers at her job. Her male co-workers and superiors keep dismissing or questioning her work, the crooks she handles as a Marshal are sexist-despite her being hyper-competent, smarter than nearly every other character, and [[ActionGirl able to handle herself in a fight]].
* SparedbytheAdaptation: Buddy. When he and Jack try to rescue Midge from Kenneth in the book, Buddy takes a shot from Kenneth's shotgun and dies almost immediately. He not only lives in the movie but [[spoiler:gets away with Ripley's diamonds]].

* ThrowingTheFight: Snoopy does this in prison. He doesn't take it well when the other guy brags about his "victory".

1998 crime drama/romance 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 federal agent 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.

* AffablyEvil: Downplayed in that Jack isn't evil, but what else can you call a guy who actually ''guides'' a bank teller through a robbery and takes the time to assure her that she's "doing fine"?
* AllNaturalGemPolish: Averted & lampshaded. When found, the diamonds are uncut and mentioned to look like rocks.

* AntiVillain: While he's a career bank robber, Jack is one of the more morally upright and polite characters in the book/movie.
* 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.

* BathtubScene: Jack soaks in a tub following his escape, Karen confronts him, but ends up climbing into the bath with him before it's revealed [[spoiler:to be a dream of hers]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted in that Jack isn't evil, but he still makes a point of assuring Karen that he isn't going to rape her (when they get locked in the trunk) and later knowingly jeopardizes his chance at freedom to stop his fellow robbers from assaulting a woman.

* EvilCounterpart: Snoopy, to Jack. Snoopy has his own band of PsychoRangers - White Boy Bob and Kenneth - mirroring Foley's team of Buddy and Glenn (watch for the scene at the boxing gym for a cool contrast).

** 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 databases!).

* MyCarHatesMe: After a clever - but impulsive - heist Foley is arrested when his car fails to start.
* OneLastJob: Lampshaded and played straight.
* OnlyInFlorida: Combined with [[UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} Motor City]]. The book and movie are located in ''both'' cities - Detroit and Miami - that Leonard famously writes into most of his work.

* PerpetualTourist: Referenced. Karen mockingly asks Foley if he imagines he'll retire to some tropical paradise. He counters that he always preferred mountains.
* 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.
* ShoutOut: In the car trunk, Foley and Karen argue about movie romances especially the one in ''Film/ThreeDaysOfTheCondor'', where the kidnapped woman falls in love a little too quickly with her hostage-taker. Meanwhile, [[LampshadeHanging they're doing it to themselves]]...
* ASimplePlan: the home invasion to nab Ripley's diamonds.
* SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: Karen suffers at her job - her male co-workers and superiors keep dismissing or questioning her work, the crooks she handles as a Marshal are sexist - despite her being hyper-competent, smarter than nearly every other character, and [[ActionGirl able to handle herself in a fight]].

* SympatheticCriminal

1998 crime drama/romance 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 federal agent 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. DonCheadle plays Maurice "Snoopy" Miller, another former fellow inmate, a complete psychopath also looking to steal the diamonds.

Directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh, ''OutOfSight'' is the best movie Lopez has ever made, and it helped salvage Clooney's movie career after the ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' disaster.

* BathtubScene Jack soaks in a tub following his escape, Karen confronts him, but ends up climbing into the bath with him before it's revealed [[spoiler:to be a dream of hers]].

* GreatEscape.

* HiddenInPlainSight: The diamonds.

* MeetCute

* ShoutOut: In the car trunk, Foley and Karen argue about movie romances especially the one in ''ThreeDaysOfTheCondor'', where the kidnapped woman falls in love a little too quickly with her hostage-taker. Meanwhile, [[LampshadeHanging they're doing it to themselves]]...

* SparedbytheAdaptation: Buddy. When he and Jack try to rescue Midge from Kenneth in the book, Buddy takes a shot from Kenneth's shotgun and dies almost immediately. He not only lives in the movie but [[spoiler:gets away with Ripleys diamonds]].

* ThrowItIn: During the BathtubScene, Jennifer Lopez couldn't find a way to kiss George Clooney without it looking awkward and uncomfortable. So she climbed into the tub with him--and the result is ''insanely'' hot.

* TheCameo: SamuelLJackson as the [[spoiler: escape artist]] Foley meets at the end.

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

* CastingGag: Probably unintentional, but Michael Keaton's appearance as Ray Nicolette puts two former [[{{Batman}} Batmen]] in one film.

1998 crime drama/romance based on the ElmoreLeonard novel of the same name starring GeorgeClooney as Jack Foley, a gentleman bank robber and JenniferLopez as Karen Sisco, the federal agent 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. AlbertBrooks is Richard Ripley, a rich businessman and former fellow inmate of Foley's, with a stash of diamonds that Foley wants to steal. DonCheadle plays Maurice "Snoopy" Miller, another former fellow inmate, a complete psychopath also looking to steal the diamonds.

Directed by StevenSoderbergh, ''OutOfSight'' is the best movie Lopez has ever made, and it helped salvage Clooney's movie career after the ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' disaster.

!! This Movie Contains Examples Of:

1998 crime drama/romance starring GeorgeClooney as Jack Foley, a gentleman bank robber and JenniferLopez as Karen Sisco, the federal agent 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. AlbertBrooks is Richard Ripley, a rich businessman and former fellow inmate of Foley's, with a stash of diamonds that Foley wants to steal. DonCheadle plays Maurice "Snoopy" Miller, another former fellow inmate, a complete psychopath also looking to steal the diamonds.

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

* ThrowItIn: During the BathtubScene, Jennifer Lopez couldn't find a way to kiss George Clooney without it looking awkward and uncomfortable. So she climbed into the tub with him--and the result in ''insanely'' hot.

* BathtubScene Jack soaks in a tub following his escape, Karen confronts him, but ends up climbing into the bath with him before it's revealed to be a dream of hers.

* MotorCity

* OnlyInFlorida: Combined with MotorCity. The book and movie are located in ''both'' cities - Detroit and Miami - that Leonard famously writes into most of his work.

* ThrowingTheFight: Snoopy does this in prison. He doesn't take it well when the other guy brags about his "victory".

* InMediasRes: The movie starts off with a ColdOpen of Foley getting thrown out of a business office and then coldly crossing the street to rob a bank. The rest of the movie mixes current time with flashbacks up to the point where we see why Foley got tossed out of that office.

* InMediaRes: The movie starts off with a ColdOpen of Foley getting thrown out of a business office and then coldly crossing the street to rob a bank. The rest of the movie mixes current time with flashbacks up to the point where we see why Foley got tossed out of that office.

** 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 MorallyCorruptBanker Ripley who stole more money and ruined more lives than Foley ever could (with Foley the most prolific bank robber in the FBI databases!).

** 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 EvilBanker Ripley who stole more money and ruined more lives than Foley ever could (with Foley the most prolific bank robber in the FBI databases!).

* AffablyEvil: Subverted in that Jack isn't evil, but what else can you call a guy who actually ''guides'' a bank teller through a robbery and takes the time to assure her that she's "doing fine"?