Iowa

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Iowa

2006

1h 44m

Drama

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Two lovers (Matt Farnsworth, Diane Foster) begin manufacturing homemade crystal meth in a foolish attempt to improve their lot.

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Michael Wilmington

Chicago Tribune

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

Rated: 1.5/4

Aug 25, 2006

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Bill Stamets

Chicago Sun-Times

Cut with distractions: tweaky visuals, borrowed touches and cartoonish characters.

Rated: 1.5/4

Aug 25, 2006

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Sam Adams

Los Angeles Times

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.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 13, 2006

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Frank Lovece

Film Journal International

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

Feb 6, 2007

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Linda Cook

Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

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

Rated: 2/4

May 15, 2006

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Mark Olsen

L.A. Weekly

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.

Apr 13, 2006

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Disgustingly stupid.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Not nearly as bad as the reviews here indicate, but there wasn't a whole lot that made it good either.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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I wonder if anybody who watched this movie said Now that brings back memories?! If there ever was a movie on the reasons why you should not do Crystal Meth then Iowa is it.This movie scared the crap out of me & I think if they showed it in high schools or anywhere else across the country I'm pretty sure it would scare people into staying away from meth.This is the perfect Anti-Meth movie

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Spectacularly egregious in almost every aspect, this feels like a broke man's David Lynch crossed with some sort of right-wing proganda/hysteria on narcotics.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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I heart acid crotch! Iowa is the greatest, except for the sex parts.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Southern accents in Iowa? Really?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Synopsis

Two lovers (Matt Farnsworth, Diane Foster) begin manufacturing homemade crystal meth in a foolish attempt to improve their lot.

Director: Matt Farnsworth
Producer: Matt Farnsworth, Diane Foster
Screenwriter: Matt Farnsworth
Production Co: Full Fathom 5
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 25, 2021
Runtime: 1h 44m

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