Movie #268 "American Gun" I have been waiting to see since I heard its name at the Spirit Awards last year. The opening hour was very powerful in this film, with some excellent acting on everyone's part. It was kind of like "Crash" with all these stories going on about guns, and then it fizzled out --- a couple of the stories came to an end; others didn't. It was a bit disappointing, but I'll never forget the Forest Whitaker story with the backpack. So some of it stuck, but overall I wouldn't recommend it. Good idea, but not really well executed.
Average rating: 2.941
I gave it 3 stars
American Gun
(2005) R
Nominated for Best Feature for the Independent Spirit Awards, director Aric Avelino's ambitious drama tackles the controversial issue of gun ownership by weaving disparate story lines into one cohesive narrative. Characters include a gun store owner (Donald Sutherland) and his granddaughter (Linda Cardellini) in Virginia, a beleaguered high school principal (Forest Whitaker) in Chicago and a grieving single mother (Marcia Gay Harden) in Oregon.
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