Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?

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In hindsight this movie hasn't made it easy on itself in how it's chosen to look at its topic. It's a light entertainment feel for a very heavy topic. The movie is pretty consistent within itself in that delivery and the actors are pretty good at hitting that vibe. They're playing for cheesy laughs based on a 70s and 80s comedy delivery and they do a good job in those characters. Maybe the director felt it was the only way to pick the scab off this ugly topic and maybe trick some of the hardcore gun nuts to consider the topic as the direct serious approach obviously hasn't worked. Judging by the adverse one star reviews he's failed to reach those people anyway, but is this a good movie in spite of the style they chose? It's not a hard hitting piece of cinema, which it almost needs to be, there is no deep realisation moment to its topic, and in that way perhaps it parallels the situation it portrays. The wives try a oblique blackmail approach to a problem that reason can't solve, and achieve unclear results. The movie plays it for 70s and 80s dukes of hazard laughs and even though they did it well they achieve unclear results. But it's not an unpleasant way to at least attempt to start thinking about the topic, and it's clear its target audience of gun resistance really isn't ready for that discussion, at all, so it highlights at least that. These people don't want to think about it even in a light comedy way aimed at an easy inroad to the type of film the director thinks they want to see. I liked a lot of the characters here, the sex stuff and language certainly didn't pull punches, they started the conversation, and so it succeeds somewhat, and fails somewhat, no fault of the actors I think. They did OK with the material and direction they received. Its an easy watch of an obviously uncomfortable topic.

This is worse than sitcoms from the 70's. Every avalanche starts with a single snowflake. Wow, I didn't know that. This so lame. The topic of gun violence is treated in such a patronizing and frivolous manner that the message truly looses all credibility. In Canada, a parent whose gun is taken to a school like that would have serious consequences. The owner of the gun would be charged probably with attempted manslaughter let alone failure to keep a fire arm secure. The children would be seriously suspended and the school community would have more than a few silly comments. The guns would probably be confiscated and his license revoked. The story line is so lame I couldn't watch past about the first 15 min. Don't, don't waste your time. I write this to save your time.

This movie somehow has the look of a conservative Hallmark-TV-production so you don't expect anything interesting, but out of a sudden it reveals a lot about the idiocy of the gun-crazed male. Some reviews blame this movie to be feminist anti-gun propaganda, and anti-gun propaganda it is! But it does not pretend to be something else like so many of the American movies that are military propaganda, pro-gun propaganda, surveillance society propaganda, genetic engineering propaganda etc.pp. And is it feminist? Well, if you brain still dwells somewhere in the 18th century, you might think so. If you were born in the 20th century or later than this movie should just represent the status quo! The only sad thing about it is that in reality the deprivation of sex in such a conservative setting would probably end up in violence and rape.

Been a long while haven't had a real laugh at good old comedy. This film is well-made and the theme they chose is excellent! Gun control! Well, they managed to put enough together to make it a nice comedy. The only thing i regret is that i didn't get any popcorn. Briefly, the story takes place in a little town in Texas, an incident involving a gun at a school creates some havoc amongst parents and the locals. Not saying more, don't want to spoil the fun for you. And yes, do not look at the negative reviews. This film is fun to watch!

The review below from the Donald Trump supporting deplorable made me give this a try and I loved it. As he said it is for Liberals who hate the people that put Donald Trump in the White House and loved the 8 years of Obama. We need more movies like this that show that the 2nd Amendment needs to be removed and the deplorables need to lose access to their guns.

Must be some crazy Liberal Anti-Gun Nut behind the scenes on this PIG. They call it a Comedy when yes, it's is a JOKE. Liberal Hollywood has to take another poke at the Gun Rights and how no guns makes everything better and safer... So how's it going CHICAGO?? Avoid this dog like the plague. I'd give it a minus 10 if they put the scale that low.

Not only do I find the anti-gun agenda disguised as comedy in this movie objectionable so is the premise of withholding sex to promote one's agenda. Using sex in this manor reduces it to nothing more than prostitution. FORCING your opinion on another person in this manor is disgusting and as far from an intellectual debate as you could get. All this means is you know you would LOSE intellectually and must resort to coercion. How typically leftist. If the right doesn't like something they just don't do it, if the LEFT doesn't like something they want to BAN it. I also notice the two positive reviews come from outside the US, you liberals are always whining about preserving culture, well the 2nd Amendment is OUR culture and WE wish to preserve it, butt out.

This is one of those movies that can get a high score because people are voting in the message, instead of the movie itself. Pro gun people vote low and anti gun vote high. That's the only way that (by the time I'm am writing this review) this movie can achieve a score of 7.1. I am completely against guns. But messages aside, this is a horrible movie, full of the worst clichés, bad acting and lousy humor. I rarely stop a movie until it's finished, but this was just impossible to take. It's like the bad kind of B movie, but with good image quality!

I really enjoy watching comedy, and even more when the main theme is about something we live everyday. I expected to watch this movie because when I saw the trailer I thought it was a great idea to combine humor with a nice reflection about carrying guns in America. This film offers something new, to laugh and also reflect about some American obsessions. I recommend it because you will have a great time by thinking how far we can get when the desire get in first row rather than doing what everyone else's does. I had a blast watching this film. It's funny and makes us remember the Lennon's line Make LOVE NOT WAR. With a great cast. A comedy that gives a second thought of some of our behaviors.