This is a toothless satire, a sermon lacking the bite or broad wit of similar films.
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The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
Cooper weaves a few well-placed observations about gun culture and male condescension into the heavy-handed mess.
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Washington PostMark Jenkins
Washington PostMark Jenkins
Most of the time, though, the movie is too busy being saucy or sappy to even look at its target.
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Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
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.
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Village VoiceChris Packham
Village VoiceChris Packham
The film combines agonizing scenes of didactic earnestness about gun violence with the absolutely soul-crushing ennui of flaccid marriage jokes.
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.