American Gun (2002)
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40% of critics liked it
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41% of users liked it
(793 ratings)
James Coburn stars in this disappointing drama about a man who tracks the gun he believes killed his daughter. Living out his twilight years in a dreary, snowbound Vermont town, tragedy strikes when his beloved daughter (Virginia Madsen) returns home for the holidays. While out doing some last… More James Coburn stars in this disappointing drama about a man who tracks the gun he believes killed his daughter. Living out his twilight years in a dreary, snowbound Vermont town, tragedy strikes when his beloved daughter (Virginia Madsen) returns home for the holidays. While out doing some last minute shopping, she is shot and killed, seemingly by a nameless local thug. Crushed by her tragic and sudden death Coburn's hard-working everyman falls to pieces and decides to set out on in search of the weapon that laid the final blow. Also in search of his estranged granddaughter, Coburn crisscrosses the country as he comes into contact with the various owners of the titular weapon, hearing each of their diverse stories. ~ Rachel Deahl, Rovi
- Directed By
- Alan Jacobs
- Genres
- Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 2002 Wide
- Studio
- Miramax
Critic Reviews
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Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Martin internalizes everything, and Coburn must communicate only through pained looks. It's a tremendous performance.
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David Hunter, Hollywood Reporter
Getting a lot of quality cinema out of a tight budget, Jacobs (Just One Night) takes some risks in the storytelling department that result in a film that encourages one to think long and hard about the subject of guns.
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Phil Villarreal, Arizona Daily Star
The film comes closer to doing for firearms what "Jurassic Park 3" did for dinosaurs. It showed lots of 'em, had them kill a few people and made you wish it would end sooner than it did.
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Noel Murray, AV Club
[It's] what happens when a director makes a movie based on what he imagines to be true, instead of what's actually so.
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Andrew Wright, Portland Mercury
Coburn is the whole show. Disregard the melodrama, and take it instead as a tone poem documenting the final, wintery ride of an irreplaceably magnificent bastard.
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Cast
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James Coburn
as Martin
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Barbara Bain
as Anne
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Virginia Madsen
as Penny
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Alexandra Holden
as Mia
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Ryan Locke
as Young Martin
- Jason Winther
- Niesha Trout
- Walter Emanuel Jones
- Anthony Harrell
- Toby Smith
- Paula O'Hare
- Jesse Rose Pennington
- Andrea C. Pearson
- Jayson Argento
- David Fontani
- Lorna Paul
- Steve Pratt
