Product: Gun Shy (2000)
Rating: 5.0
Charlie: "All I want... is the ocean view..."
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