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  • 2016
  • R
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2016
  • R
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary If there’s one thing the men of Rockford, Texas love as much as their women, it’s their guns. But life in this idyllic town is turned upside-down when a gun incident at a neighborhood school spurs stay-at-home mom Jenna (Andrea Anders) to rethink Rockford’s obsessive gun culture. Much to the chagrin of her husband Glenn (Matt Passmore), ...

Directed By: Matt Cooper

Written By: Matt Cooper

  • 2016
  • R
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2016
  • R
  • 1 h 35 m

Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?

Metascore Overwhelming Dislike Based on 8 Critic Reviews
7
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 20 User Ratings
2.7
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Summary If there’s one thing the men of Rockford, Texas love as much as their women, it’s their guns. But life in this idyllic town is turned upside-down when a gun incident at a neighborhood school spurs stay-at-home mom Jenna (Andrea Anders) to rethink Rockford’s obsessive gun culture. Much to the chagrin of her husband Glenn (Matt Passmore), ...

Directed By: Matt Cooper

Written By: Matt Cooper

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Overwhelming Dislike Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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100% Negative
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38
Sep 6, 2016
This is a toothless satire, a sermon lacking the bite or broad wit of similar films.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
30
Sep 16, 2016
Cooper weaves a few well-placed observations about gun culture and male condescension into the heavy-handed mess.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
25
Sep 22, 2016
Most of the time, though, the movie is too busy being saucy or sappy to even look at its target.
By Mark Jenkins FULL REVIEW
0
Sep 22, 2016
The movie tries to wrap an important social message in comedy, but it’s unpalatable all the way through.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
0
Sep 15, 2016
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.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
0
Sep 15, 2016
There are bad movies, and then there are worse movies, and then there are full-bore misfires such as Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW
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Sep 14, 2016
The film combines agonizing scenes of didactic earnestness about gun violence with the absolutely soul-crushing ennui of flaccid marriage jokes.
By Chris Packham FULL REVIEW

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 20 User Ratings
2.7
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0% Mixed
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75% Negative
15 Ratings

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Release Date Sep 16, 2016
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline They have their men by the barrels.
Website http://www.isthatagun.com/
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Awards

Sedona International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Fort Myers Beach Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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