Gun Shy
Hollywood Pictures Home Video | Release Date: February 4, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
7
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
SlateDavid Edelstein
A grave screwball comedy. Its gags aren't just hilarious -- they have a weighty, plaintive soul. Read full review
90
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
One of the most subtle and inspired comedies you'll see this year. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
A smooth little comedy deserving of more studio support than it got. Read full review
65
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
Thanks to the first-time filmmaker's attention to character, Gun Shy is worth at least a shot at a matinee.
63
Boston GlobeJay Carr
The bathroom jokes in Gun Shy wear thin.
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
A mildly amusing but forgettable and way-too-scatological black farce. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The story isn't nearly as funny or suspenseful as it would like to be, although the solid cast gives it occasional dashes of pizazz. Read full review
50
VarietyRobert Koehler
A textbook case in which the parts are greater than the whole. Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
Blakeney can't decide if this is a quirky romantic comedy or a quirky mob essay, and you can see the movie thinking itself into a rhythmless hole with cement shoes. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The big trouble here is that there seem to be pieces of three different films rubbing up against each other without ever fitting together. Read full review
40
Film.comJohn Hartl
Neeson might as well have phoned this one in. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesEric Harrison
What use is journeyman acting, quality set design and a kicky, eclectic score in a movie that's so ineptly scripted? Read full review
38
USA TodayMike Clark
Can't stars attract better scripts than this?
30
Film.comTom Keogh
Gun Shy can't rise on wobbly legs, and its real potential is lost for good. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Blakeney's script contains more hackneyed dialogue and misfired jokes per minute than would seem possible, and the result embarrasses every actor in it. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack
It's implausible, cartoonishly overdrawn. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
This low-caliber Gun Shy has singularly ugly cinematography by Tom Richmond that at one point shows off Bullock's facial hair.
20
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
It's the casting of Liam Neeson as the nervous breakdown that turns the movie to asphalt -- it's like watching Andre the Giant play Woody Allen. Read full review
5
TNT RoughCutDon Kaye
We're just over a month into 2000 and already there's a candidate for the year's worst picture.
0
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
A half hour in and still, the plot, tone, and setting are incomprehensible. Read full review
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