We've all seen this before but probably not in such an attractive wrapper. The leads are great to look at, but the characters they play are one dimensional. The setting and costumes of the two are sometimes inappropriately glamourous. These trappings would work if the entire film operated in the same manner but Out Of Sight spends significant energy on rendering the sordid and tawdry details of the criminal existence. Foley and Sisco begin to look like a pair of overdressed buffoons.
Many scenes are visually rich.
Freeze frame and jump cut motifs harken back to films of the sixties, as does the telling of the story out of sequence, a method re-popularized by Quentin Tarantino. Behind the leads is a cast hard at work to elevate some tired dialogue and bring substance to thin characters. His considerable screen presence is never used to potential in the role of the faithful sidekick. He tries to put together the large diamond score by enlisting the aid of Snoopy and his crew and then finds himself in over his head. Particularly effective is a scene between Glenn and Marshall Sisco where she nabs him in the act of hot wiring his getaway car.