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Iowa (2006)

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Reviews Counted:13

Fresh:2

Rotten:11

Average Rating:3.9/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 2 hrs 57 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Mar 31, 2006 Limited

Synopsis: Matt Farnsworth (DESCENDENT) directs this hard-hitting drama about star-crossed lovers who try and make a quick buck by cooking up and selling some methamphetamine.

Starring: Matt Farnsworth, Michael T. Weiss, Rosanna Arquette

Starring: Matt Farnsworth, Michael T. Weiss, Rosanna Arquette

Director: Matt Farnsworth

Director: Matt Farnsworth

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  • Hoping to escape their small town existence, Esper (Matt Farnsworth) and Donna (Diane Foster) plunge into a dangerous world dealing crystal meth. After getting hooked on their product, the two lovers end up on the run from a corrupt parole officer (Michael T. Weiss), Esper's gold-digging mother (Rosanna Arquette) and their own consuming addiction. Trapped in a snare of money, lust and addiction...who's left to trust?
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    This is just stylistic plagiarism, without any sense of self.

    Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
    02/06/07
    Frank Lovece
    Frank Lovece
    Film Journal International

    A mish-mash of familiar cinematic would-be jolts and shocks that don't convince for a more than a moment or two.

    Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
    08/25/06
    Michael Wilmington
    Michael Wilmington
    Chicago Tribune
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    Cut with distractions: tweaky visuals, borrowed touches and cartoonish characters.

    Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
    08/25/06
    Bill Stamets
    Bill Stamets
    Chicago Sun-Times
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    Here's a strange, moody movie about "Iowa" that's never going to make to a Chamber of Commerce dinner.

    Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
    05/15/06
    Linda Cook
    Linda Cook
    Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

    Farnsworth's frenetic, often hysterical first feature tries desperately to find a style, or styles, to call its own, but there's never a moment that doesn't feel as if it's been chewed up and spit out a dozen times before.

    Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
    04/13/06
    Sam Adams
    Sam Adams
    Los Angeles Times
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    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.

    Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
    04/13/06
    Mark Olsen
    Mark Olsen
    L.A. Weekly

    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.

    Full Review Source: Monsters and Critics | comment Comment
    04/03/06
    Ron Wilkinson
    Ron Wilkinson
    Monsters and Critics

    According to this first-time feature filmmaker, the entire Hawkeye State is a hotbed of crime, corruption and clandestine chemistry, with home-cooked crystal methamphetamine replacing pot roast and Mom's apple pie.

    Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
    03/31/06
    Ken Fox
    Ken Fox
    TV Guide's Movie Guide

    There's not much story but there are plenty of colorful, almost David Lynchian drug freakouts.

    Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
    03/31/06
    Kyle Smith
    Kyle Smith
    New York Post
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    A sour vanity project: trash posing as a socially relevant 'cautionary tale.'

    Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
    03/31/06
    Elizabeth Weitzman
    Elizabeth Weitzman
    New York Daily News
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    Matt Farnsworth's low-budget cautionary tale takes a 'drugs are evil' premise and pushes it to the extreme.

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    03/30/06
    Laura Kern
    Laura Kern
    New York Times
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    Iowa is so stupendously slipshod that even mentioning the classics it vainly attempts to emulate would be to give it too much credit by association.

    Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
    03/28/06
    Nick Schager
    Nick Schager
    Slant Magazine

    Farnsworth brings a smidgen of scary energy to the social hellfire, and his newbie cast often out-act the pros.

    Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
    03/28/06
    Michael Atkinson
    Michael Atkinson
    Village Voice
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