American Gun

I watched Crash. I thought it was decent. Oscar worthy? Absolutely not. I watched Babel. I thought it was absolutely terrible. If you go to the comments on that movie, you will find what I wrote about it. I watched... Full review

Another hard-hitting and thought-provoking drama. Director Aric Avelino examines guns from the perspective of four separate stories: Marcia Gay Hardin as the mother of an Oregon teenager who shot up his school, Columbine-like, and faces guilt and blame and scorn... Full review

That was a very harsh review above. I saw the other films he spoke of, and I thought this was MUCH better. Elephant was nowhere near as good as this film, sorry.You can't compare this film with one of Michael... Full review

"American Gun" is an amazing, quiet movie that packs so much into an hour and 37 minutes. It's about the lives, ones of desperation and defeat, that different people around the nation live with every day, ones affected by guns.Marcia... Full review

American Gun involves the stories of different people in America whose lives are interwoven and all somehow involve guns.The film shows how guns could do terrible things when in the wrong hands but also shows how they are sometimes necessary... Full review

This film, told with three storylines, is really quite important, when it comes to who is carrying guns and why they are carrying them in today's modern society. The performances, especially from Marcia Gay Harden and Forrest Whittaker are oscar caliber,... Full review

This film, told with three storylines, is really quite important, when it comes to who is carrying guns and why they are carrying them in today's modern society. The performances, especially from Marcia Gay Harden and Forrest Whittaker are oscar caliber,... Full review

Soon to be used as propagande for the eternal struggle in the fight for and against firearms. I am not sure what the diretor was thinking, or if he was thinking at all, however it wasn't worth watching. I seen better... Full review

Soon to be used as propagande for the eternal struggle in the fight for and against firearms. I am not sure what the diretor was thinking, or if he was thinking at all, however it wasn't worth watching. I seen better... Full review

STUPID LIB HOLLYWOOD. GET OFF MY SCREEN! SOOOOOOO BORING. ALL WITH LIES AND BORING ACTING. BAD MOVIE ALL AROUND! YAWNNNNNNNNNNN... Full review

Worse, this depressingly bleak film also has a few superficial similarities to "Crash," thanks to its multiple, seemingly interconnected story lines. ... Full Review

The ensemble cast, separate narratives, et al. "American Gun" is reminiscent of "Crash....it's often a preachy and manipulative movie that sends off a weak message....Harden just gives an excellent performance here;....In one scene he mercilessly tries to keep a young girl from buying a large pistol....Chris Marquette's performance is sublime as the brother of the school shooter who must also deal with his death.... ... Full Review

But the film fails to offer a cohesive overview to material it folds together. story continues below In Chicago, school principal Carter (Forest Whitaker) is so frustrated by his inability to protect his students that he's immobilized. ... Full Review

American Gun is a powerful series of interwoven storylines that bring to light how the proliferation of guns in America dramatically affect and shape the every day lives of its citizens. Across the country in Oregon, Janet (Marcia Gay Harden) is suffering through a television interview marking the third anniversary of her older son's high school shooting rampage and suicide. ... Full Review

This is not at all a violent film, at least not in the traditional sense. I'm sure that many reviewers will draw obvious comparisons between this movie and TRAFFIC or CRASH, and one can see why, but that wouldn't be fair to the unique energy and spirit of AMERICAN GUN. ... Full Review

"American Gun" arrives in theaters too late to really make a difference or say anything new on the subject of school shootings. Though it was actually produced in 2004, this dramatic thriller comes three years after Gus Van Sant's "Elephant,"... ... Full Article

These are the movies that try critics' souls. It's obvious that writer (with Steven Bagatourian)/director Aric Avelino's meditation on guns in America springs from a deep desire to understand the culture of violence and the vicious cycles that drive it... ... Full Article

"American Gun" tells three stories that are small, even quiet. The stories are not strident but sad, and one of them is open-ended. They are about people who find that guns in the hands of others have made their own... ... Full Article

Director Aric Avelino gives the issue of gun ownership the Traffic treatment in this scattershot ensemble drama, which features several interwoven, mostly unrelated subplots. The central storyline focuses on grieving mother Janet (Marcia Gay Harden), who tries to balance sorrow... ... Full Article

Three stories of how America's obsession with firearms impacts its citizens are explored in this independent drama. Carl Wilk (Donald Sutherland) runs a gun shop in Virginia that has been owned and operated by his family for generations. ... Full Article

It's a dysfunctional families and squabbling couples edition of Trailer Blazer, as you'll see from these three promos: Little Miss Sunshine (July 28) This movie earned a lot of strong buzz at Sundance, maybe because its quirky family consists of... ... Full Article