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If you like Liam Neeson.. have --I-- got a movie for YOU!

He's the star of GUN SHY (2000), a superior comedy that co-stars Oliver Platt (in one of his best performances as "leg breaker" Fulvio Nestra) and Sandra Bullock (as Judy Tipp, 'the Enema Queen'). Geez, I just watched it again last week and already I want to do so for the umpteenth time.

Neeson is undercover DEA agent 'Charlie' Mayeaux (pronounced May-YO). When he's betrayed by a fellow agent and almost killed, all Charlie wants to do is retire and seek "the ocean view." His superiors insist he hang in and finish this last assignment, a market-cornering scheme that involves Fulvio, a Columbian druglord named Fidel Vaillar (José Zúñiga), Fidel's boyfriend Estuvio (Michael DeLorenzo) and the Wall Street arranger/inside trader Jason Cane (Andy Lauer).

Charlie's fears for his life are causing him huge stress. He sees a shrink, becomes part of a professional mens' group therapy (some wackos there) and is sent by the psychiatrist to a gastroenterologist (for 'intermittent flatulence'), where he meets Judy and gets a barium enema while she cracks a series of jokes.

From this odd chance meeting, they become a couple. Charlie's deal goes forward and he learns in the process that even the bad guys are dissatisfied with their lives. Fulvio is married to the Don's daughter, who's a REAL B word. His only dream is to grow tomatoes in Sicily and not be a gangster. Fidel and Estuvio also want to abandon crime and design clothes together.

I wish there were some way I could impart how witty and entertaning this film is right down to the smallest detail, like the music score. All I can say is if you decide to see GUN SHY, please stay tuned during the first 30 seconds of the movie credits for an all-important glimpse of a happy man.

Oh, and let me know (in COMMENTS) if you enjoyed it as much as I do! :?D

Gun Shy Overview

Liam Neeson (STAR WARS, EPISODE 1: THE PHANTOM MENACE) and Oliver Platt (BICENTENNIAL MAN) star with Sandra Bullock (HOPE FLOATS) in an outrageously offeat comedy about what happens when a busy undercover cop suddenly loses his legendary nerves of steel! The only way Charlie (Neeson), a respected D.E.A. agent traumatized by a hair-raising run-in with some ruthless gangsters, can do his job is with the embarrassing treatments of an attractive nurse (Bullock) and the questionable psychotherapy provided by a highly unstable support group! And since he's stuck in a deep-cover sting operation until he nabs a wisecracking, trigger-happy Mafia leader who scares him to death (Platt), Charlie can only hope to fake his tough-as-nails image long enough to make this one last bust ... and make it out alive! Loaded with huge stars and big laughs -- you can't miss with this high-caliber comedy hit!


A hoot - Margaret Arculus -
My husband loves violent movies; I don't. Which may be why I love this one--it spoofs the whole mafia/shoot-em-up/word-to-kill ratio genre. Liam Neeson is brilliant and humiliates himself without hesitation, and the rest of the cast is wonderful (with lovely bonuses for "West Wing" fans). My daughter got me this DVD for Christmas after I've wanted to see the movie again for years. What a treat.