Gun Shy
2000 · Movie · R · 101 min · ★ 5.2 · 34% critics
An undercover drug agent who has lost his nerve is forced to keep working while juggling therapy, panic, and a dangerous mob contact. This crime comedy mixes anxiety, awkward romance, and offbeat group-dynamics as the pressure keeps building.
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Details
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2000-02-04
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Critic score
- 34/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.2/10 (149 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy offbeat crime comedies with anxious energy, oddball characters, and light suspense, somewhere between Gringo and Desert Saints; Not for you if you want a straight action thriller or nonstop laughs.
Pros: quirky humor; unusual premise; entertaining cast | Cons: uneven tone; slow stretches; romance feels unnecessary
Themes
- drug cartel
- nervous breakdown
Cast & crew
Liam Neeson
as Charles Mayough
Oliver Platt
as Fulvio Nesstra
Sandra Bullock
as Judy Tipp
José Zúñiga
as Fidel Vaillar
Richard Schiff
as Elliott
Andrew Lauer
as Jason Cane
Mitch Pileggi
as Dexter Helvenshaw
Paul Ben-Victor
as Howard
Mary McCormack
as Gloria Nesstra
Frank Vincent
as Carmine Minetti
Directed by Eric Blakeney