Iowa (2006)

This is just stylistic plagiarism, without any sense of self.

Here's a strange, moody movie about "Iowa" that's never going to make to a Chamber of Commerce dinner.

As director, Farnsworth lets tricky visuals run roughshod over dramatic unity, while as a performer, his lack of screen presence makes him seem sullen and uninterested instead of darkly charismatic.

The most unflinching look yet at the meth pandemic that is sweeping across the Midwest as family values are plowed under by modern corporate agri-business.