Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
| Release Date: September 16, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
7
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
0
Negative:
8
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38
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 6, 2016
This is a toothless satire, a sermon lacking the bite or broad wit of similar films. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenSep 16, 2016
Cooper weaves a few well-placed observations about gun culture and male condescension into the heavy-handed mess. Read full review
25
Washington PostMark JenkinsSep 22, 2016
Most of the time, though, the movie is too busy being saucy or sappy to even look at its target. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenSep 28, 2016
Is That a Gun resorts to smutty humor and moralistic speeches to confront the issue of American gun violence in the wake of Newtown, Conn. This movie uses those murdered babies’ name in vain. Read full review
0
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurraySep 22, 2016
The movie tries to wrap an important social message in comedy, but it’s unpalatable all the way through. Read full review
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The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerSep 15, 2016
Everybody involved with the awful comedy Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?... owes Aristophanes an apology. It’s one thing to borrow a guy’s premise; it’s quite another to transform it into something this unwatchable. Read full review
0
VarietyJoe LeydonSep 15, 2016
There are bad movies, and then there are worse movies, and then there are full-bore misfires such as Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? Read full review
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Village VoiceChris PackhamSep 14, 2016
The film combines agonizing scenes of didactic earnestness about gun violence with the absolutely soul-crushing ennui of flaccid marriage jokes. Read full review
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