My New Gun

R

1992

1h 39m

Mystery & Thriller

Comedy

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44%

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9 Reviews

40%

Audience Score

250+ Ratings

A suburbanite (Stephen Collins) gives his wife (Diane Lane) a gun for protection, but a weirdo (James LeGros) steals it and upends their lives.

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Derek Malcolm

Guardian

The film attempts to be both a pawky comedy of American manners and an ironic warning about violence breeding violence. It succeeds best as the former, painting its odd world with some shred brushstrokes.

Feb 29, 2024

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Somehow the relevance of guns in all of this top-heavy and untidy plot material tends to get lost.

Rated: 1/4

Jun 3, 2022

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 3/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Quentin Falk

Sunday Mirror (UK)

Whatever else, My New Gun pleads the case for gun control very effectively.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 29, 2024

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Unlike most movies about suburbia, Cochran's indie displays no condenscension or mean-spiritedness to her characters, instead taking a quirkily laconic, minimalist approach.

Rated: B

Nov 19, 2006

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Lori Hoffman

Atlantic City Weekly

Rated: 3/5

Jan 25, 2006

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Makarizo S

One of my all time favorite movies. It shows you the impact of owning a gun. It doesnt judge or preach about gun ownership but you leave it realizing it's a whole new level of responsibility. Guns are almost sentient that they have the impact nearing that of a human. It also teaches you that while you may be rational, never ever assume someone else is. People make crazy decisions so make sure you are not on the hook for anyone but yourself.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/11/24

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Audience Member

It is a film that suffers from its own attempt to be edgy and alternative. Most of the quirks don't add any value to what is being shown on screen. At least we know what Diane Lane was doing between Streets of Fire and Unfaithful.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

Weird, you never find out what the issue was actually between Skippy and his family....

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

Insane and crazy at the same time all in the same script.Diane Lane holds the sense and sensibility of this movie all together as the one whom is the continuous victim throughout this whole gun story scenario.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

You must see this movie. Diane Lane is a perfect 100000!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

The plot made no sense and the dialogue was laughable. The story was asinine and implausible. A complete waste of time.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Stacy Cochran

Director

Diane Lane

Debbie Bender

James Le Gros

Skippy

Stephen Collins

Gerald Bender

Tess Harper

Kimmy Hayes

Bill Raymond

Andrew

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Synopsis

A suburbanite (Stephen Collins) gives his wife (Diane Lane) a gun for protection, but a weirdo (James LeGros) steals it and upends their lives.

Director: Stacy Cochran
Producer: Michael Flynn
Screenwriter: Stacy Cochran
Production Co: IRS Media
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 13, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.0K
Runtime: 1h 39m
Sound Mix: Stereo, Surround