
A series of interwoven story lines brings to light how the proliferation of guns in America dramatically influence and shape every day lives. A gun shop owner, an ace student, a single mother, and a school principal are among those profoundly affected.... (Full plot summary below)
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A series of interwoven story lines brings to light how the proliferation of guns in America dramatically influence and shape every day lives. A gun shop owner, an ace student, a single mother, and a school principal are among those profoundly affected.
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| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.A fitting send off to one of America's best actors who dominates the screen. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAric Avelino shows an almost tender restraint in his story-telling, not pounding us with a message but simply looking steadily at how guns have made these lives difficult. |
| Chicago TribuneJessica ReavesThe structural sibling to Paul Haggis' race relations opus ("Crash"), but beyond the similarly interwoven vignettes, it's a different animal altogether: messier, more complicated and ultimately more interesting. |
| L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasThis is "Crash" with gun violence substituted for racism, although the tone of director–co-writer Aric Avelino's debut feature may be closer to one of those pious public-safety films that used to be shown to schoolchildren in order to frighten them out of potential bad behavior. |
| Capital Times (Madison, WI)Rob ThomasWhat we're left with after watching "American Gun" isn't a sense of who's right or who's wrong, but more of a sadness that so many people feel so powerless and afraid that they think owning a gun will set things right. |
| Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenPainfully earnest but dramatically inert. |
| Kansas City StarRobert W. ButlerDespite a few effective moments, Gun ... never makes the big statement it seems to be reaching for. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip MartinIt isn't trite or strident - it doesn't shout or pound the desk - and, in a way, its own thoughtfulness is its worst enemy. |
| Denver PostMichael BoothThe guns seem to have been shoved in various characters' pockets as afterthought, and Avelino's interlocking stories never click. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn Johanson[T]his is no bit of cheap exploitation created merely to rake in some dough. But purity of motives aside, the film simply isn't very good. |