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2016
R
Lionsgate Premiere
1 h 50 m

2016
R
Lionsgate Premiere
1 h 50 m

Under the Gun

Summary Under the Gun examines the events and people who have kept the gun debate fierce and the progress slow, even as gun deaths and mass shootings continue to increase. Through the lens of families impacted by the mass shootings in Newtown, Aurora, Isla Vista and Tucson, as well as those who experience daily gun violence in Chicago, the docum...

Documentary

Directed By: Stephanie Soechtig

Written By: Mark Monroe, Brian Lazarte, Stephanie Soechtig

2016
R
Lionsgate Premiere
1 h 50 m

2016
R
Lionsgate Premiere
1 h 50 m

Under the Gun

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews

72

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings

4.6

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Summary Under the Gun examines the events and people who have kept the gun debate fierce and the progress slow, even as gun deaths and mass shootings continue to increase. Through the lens of families impacted by the mass shootings in Newtown, Aurora, Isla Vista and Tucson, as well as those who experience daily gun violence in Chicago, the docum...

Documentary

Directed By: Stephanie Soechtig

Written By: Mark Monroe, Brian Lazarte, Stephanie Soechtig

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Pam Bosley

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Katie Couric

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Ted Cruz

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May 13, 2016

It’s not necessarily artful, but it’s also never less than compelling. If anything, Soechtig has only refined her skills at packaging a slick, audience-friendly documentary with a subject that feels even more urgent.

By Geoff Berkshire FULL REVIEW

May 13, 2016

It’s a tight, slick polemic which doesn’t shy from the complexity surrounding the debate or the fact it wants you the viewer to get up and do something about it.

By Lanre Bakare FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

May 13, 2016

Director Stephanie Soechtig’s passionately contended, slickly produced film may not sway the most fervid 2nd Amendment defenders, but in its problem-solving vigor could spur a lot of others who believe in change to make that call, join that group, or vote a certain way.

By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

May 13, 2016

It’s a sobering, collage-like overview of a problem that sadly hasn’t much changed since Michael Moore’s angrier and more provocative (if perhaps less rigorously journalistic) feature came out.

By Boyd van Hoeij FULL REVIEW

May 25, 2016

Tragic anecdotes put a human face on this still-polarizing issue and serve Soechtig and Couric’s broad argument in Under The Gun better than any heavy-handed music cues and animated statistics ever could.

By Kenji Fujishima FULL REVIEW

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Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings

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Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings

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57% Negative
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Details

Production Company Atlas Films

Release Date May 13, 2016

Duration 1 h 50 m

Rating R

Genres

Documentary

Tagline In the gun debate, truth is the ultimate weapon

Website http://cargofilm-releasing.com/films/underthegun

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Awards

Boulder International Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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