Gun Shy (2000)

Wonderfully offbeat film!

Lack of good storyline.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Eric Blakeney is a very talented writer/director. I love his movie Gun Shy, and its all star cast.The director really has a knack for comedy. I recently received another film directed by Eric Blakeney,Date For Hire, Blakeney's new laugh out loud DVD, hitting shelves later this summer. If you liked Gun Shy you'll be sure to love this film. Synopsis: To show his friends that he isn't the loser they have made him to be, Marcus bets them that he can get a date with the next girl that walks into the bar. But things don't go quite as planned when the girl puts a price tag on their night out. Now a simple bet has turned into an all night adventure, where money, stalkers, and craziness collide. Check Youtube for the official trailer posted by Maverick Entertainment, or go to their website- http://www.maverickentertainment.cc/movies/810/date-for-hire

The script flows along very well as Liam Neeson plays Charlie Mayeaux, an undercover cop who has lost his nerve. Neeson really balances the dramatic parts with the humorous parts, and pulls it off without a hitch. It's nice to see his lighter side after so many dramatic parts.Oliver Platt plays gangster wannabee Fulvio Nesstra to perfection and he's s scene stealer. Platt has never been funnier ... this could be his defining role as an actor.This is just a cleverly crafted movie, nicely directed by Eric Blakeney, that is smart and funny. This is a must-rent DVD and would be a nice addition to any DVD collection.

Where'd this film come from and how come it took me til now to see it??? It's a comic masterpiece, hard laughs from start to finish, a wry satire of the tough guy genre. Great cast, especially Liam Neeson who shows a remarkable comic flair. Kudos for that, no doubt, belong to the director (who also wrote it), who assembled a remarkably colorful group of actors and fashioned one of the funniest ensemble performances I've ever seen on the screen, a comedy that unfolds with a paradoxically poetic visual style that keeps you howling even when the actors aren't speaking. Does for James Bond what Strangelove did for the Doomsday Thriller. My advice, if you're the sort who appreciates intelligent satire and understands that pop culture garbage like "How I Met Your Mother" isn't at all funny; get a copy asap, make some popcorn, take the phone off the hook and put aside enough time to watch it twice (you will). One last question; where's the darn sequel???

I was half-enjoying this movie on cable TV until we got to the scene where Liam (who is apparently a chronic farter in the movie) is getting some kind of enema action from Sandra Bullock ... she has some squeeze-bulb action going on ... and the music playing is "It's a Man's World" by James Brown ... this is an abomination. It is blasphemy. It is a crime. What unbelievable bad taste. Imagine that, coming out of Hollywood.i don't have much more to say, but I guess IMDb doesn't allow short, succinct posts. so blah blah blah watched the Cockettes documentary today, found a great andy warhol superstar website, played with new kitties, cooked dinner ... this should fill it out enough ...and I hope the children of the man responsible for putting James Brown in a Sandra Bullock enema scene live in interesting times.