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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The GuardianLanre BakareThe GuardianLanre BakareIt’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.
- 80VarietyGeoff BerkshireVarietyGeoff BerkshireIt’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.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijIt’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.
- 70Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleDirector 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.
- 67The A.V. ClubKenji FujishimaThe A.V. ClubKenji FujishimaTragic 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.