Product Details

• Actors: Drew Barrymore, James LeGros, Billy Drago, Michael Ironside, Joe Dallesandro
• Directors: Tamra Davis
• Format: NTSC, Color, DVD Region
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Reel Entertainment in Digital
• Run Time: 97 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000QG7RHC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #315,018 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Since Anita Minteer (Drew Barrymore) was nine, every man she ever met has wanted only one thing. But when she becomes penpals with imprisoned convict Howard Hickock (James LeGros), she gains confidence and sees a possible escape from the torment of her everyday life. Howard's infatuation with guns drives Anita to them as well. But with this new found strength in her hands, she murders her sexually abusive guardian. Now with Howard out on parole and the police on their back, there can be no turning back. In the style of Bonnie & Clyde, Guncrazy tells the story of two young lovers on the run from the law.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Again?, March 13, 2005

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K. Gittins (CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guncrazy (DVD)

"Guncrazy" is a mediocre movie at best, unfortunately. However, if you want to see a 17-year old Drew in (yet again) sexual situations (none of which are good), then this is the movie for you. It combines the "I married an ex-con", "I like guns", and "I'm a sexually troubled girl" plots into yet another movie.

Directed by Tamra Davis, who made at least one pretty good movie ("Skipped Parts"), she is not totally without talent. The movie was written by Matthew Bright, who wrote "Freeway" a few years earlier, so he has talent as well. Included are Drew Barrymore, Ione Skye and a couple other notable names, however, they display no real talents here.

I guess the dialog is the weakest link. Some of it just sounds bad or out of place.

There are no extra features. You could do worse, but not by much.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good little movie, June 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Guncrazy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a gem of a movie with a great performance from Drew Barrymore. It was another one of her comeback movies, filmed after "Poison Ivy". The story revolves around a teenager ( Barrymore ) who has been abused all her life. She becomes pen pals with a convict ( James LeGros ), who is guncrazed. To impress him she takes up shooting guns. With this new found power in her hands she shoots one of her abusers. When LeGros finally gets out, they bury the body and wind up killing two more people. They are then on the run from the cops. A must see for any Drew fan.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Quite Trash Classic, October 19, 2004

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David Baldwin (Philadelphia,PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guncrazy (DVD)

So what is this movie? A film noir homage(a la "Gun Crazy")? A Bonnie and Clyde homage? A Lifetime movie-of-the-week? Or is it just plain trash that falls just short of classic status. Drew Barrymore and James LeGros earnestly play the trailer park trash nymphette and her prison pen pal turned partner in crime, respectively. The movie engages your attention throughout. What it lacks are those over-the-top moments that a movie like this needs to attain that midnight movie trash classic status. There is some interesting casting here. Billy Drago (he played Frank Nitti in "The Untouchables") as the trailer-park preacher. Tracey Walter, veteran of Jonathan Demme films, appears here as a barroom patron. Joe D'Allesandro, veteran of Andy Warhol films and the Sonny Steelgrave segment of TV's "Wiseguy", appears as Barrymore's mother's boyfriend.