The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Betty Lou Perkins is a shy and meek librarian and nobody pay attention to her, in particular her husband, Alex. A criminal has been killed and she inadvertently find the murder gun. She wants to provide the trace to the police but no one listen to her, including her detective husband. In sheer frustration, she announces that she has committed the crime, which will cause troubles begin raising around her.
7 June 1955, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
23 August 1928, New York City, New York, USA
12 March 1946, Denver, Colorado, USA
27 November 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 November 1952, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
1 January 1949, Chicago, Illinois, USA
11 November 1960, Peekskill, New York, USA
July 11, 2014
The movie resorts to a mundane shoot-'em-up finale that leaves the viewer feeling cheated and betrays the movie's PG-13 rating.
July 11, 2014
There is definitely a gun in Betty Lou's handbag, but is there a brain in Betty Lou's head?
July 11, 2014
It just sort of limps along under the late-summer sun until, at last, its forced whimsy expires.
July 26, 2002
So darn innocuous it almost disappears.
January 01, 2000
It's a bit like finding a severed head in an Easter basket.
July 11, 2014
There's nothing wrong with The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag that isn't wrong with about a thousand other commercially homogenized comedies of its kind.
January 01, 2000
The movie's a handbag full of formulaic fluff.
March 26, 2009
A clever premise that ends up being as bland as its put-upon title character.
July 11, 2014
Penelope Ann Miller transcends her material in The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag, a half-baked Disney comedy that also half-benefits (the first half, to be exact) from the sly, subversive direction of Allen Moyle.
July 11, 2014
Whether in Betty Lou's original demure guise or her subsequent glamorous transformation, Miller is convincing even when the movie isn't.
November 04, 2003
A little bit overrated, but fairly fun comedy.
