Gun Shy (2000)
Average Rating: 4.5/10
Reviews Counted: 42
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 32
A dark comedy of the low brow nature -- filled with fart and gay jokes. Even Liam Neeson and Sandra Bullock cannot save this failure.
Average Rating: 3.8/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 8
A dark comedy of the low brow nature -- filled with fart and gay jokes. Even Liam Neeson and Sandra Bullock cannot save this failure.
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Average Rating: 2.9/5
User Ratings: 5,199
Movie Info
In this action-laced comedy, a cop on the verge of a nervous breakdown finds love at the least convenient time. Charlie Mayo (Liam Neeson) is an undercover agent with the DEA who was nearly killed when a sting set up to nail a gang of drug dealers went horribly wrong. The accident left Charlie shaken, and he's gone into therapy to hold himself together as he struggles through one final case before retiring. Charlie's superior (Mitch Pileggi) has set him up on another undercover assignment as he
Feb 4, 2000 Wide
Oct 30, 2001
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Cast
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Liam Neeson
Charlie Mayo -
Oliver Platt
Fulvio Nesstra -
Sandra Bullock
Judy Tipp -
Jose Zuniga
Fidel Vaillar -
Richard Schiff
Elliott -
Andrew Lauer
Jason Cane -
Mitch Pileggi
Dexter Helvenshaw -
Paul Ben-Victor
Howard -
Mary McCormack
Gloria Nesstra -
Frank Vincent
Carmine Minetti -
Gregg L. Daniel
Jonathan -
Michael De Lorenzo
Estuvio -
Michael Mantell
Dr. Bleckner -
Louis Giambalvo
Lonny Ward -
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All Critics (55) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (32) | DVD (8)
Weird exercise in toilet humor.
Top CriticNot only is the script incomprehensible, the film wasn't edited or directed -- it was crammed into a Cuisinart.
A half hour in and still, the plot, tone, and setting are incomprehensible.
Gun Shy is worth at least a shot at a matinee.
The movie is marred by an overreliance on unfunny bathroom gags.
Gun Shy can't rise on wobbly legs.
Sure it falls apart right at the end--but up until that point it's a gem of an underrated comedy.
[Gun Shy is] not boring as much as it's...forgettable.
A quirky comedy about middle-aged burnout.
I'd rather be shot then have to see this again .
Neither romantic nor dark, neither humorous nor satiric, Gun Shy tries to be Bob Newhart, Goodfellas, Mickey Blue Eyes and Forces of Nature and succeeds at none of the above.
Movies this badly botched are seldom released in theaters.
Gun Shy is also likely to be a bad career move for producer/co-star Sandra Bullock.
It's a shame everything is so discombobulated, because some sparkling moments get lost in the mess.
Not exactly what I'd call hilarious.
It is not funny enough to be the spoof it wants to be, not exciting or suspenseful enough to support the action scenes.
The supporting cast is comical, and anyone enjoying the misadventures of dumb lawbreakers should get a kick out of this movie.
By the middle of the film, however, this cross between the original Bob Newhart Show and the James Bond films has hit it's stride and we can sit back and enjoy a really comfortable movie.
Gun Shy is the kind of movie that makes you laugh; then, as you think about it afterward, you feel ashamed you enjoyed it.
This comedy could use a Prozac or two.
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- Charlie Mayo: But you're so good at fucking people up... I thought you loved your job.
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