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- 2018
- Not Rated
- Screen Media Films
- 1 h 40 m
- 2018
- Not Rated
- Screen Media Films
- 1 h 40 m
Summary Ex-jailbirds Eddie and Paul are on parole and working in a New York diner. Their lives are a dead end. That is, until English lawyer Katherine Rookwood walks into the diner with an offer they can't refuse.
Directed By: Hadi Hajaig
Written By: Hadi Hajaig
- 2018
- Not Rated
- Screen Media Films
- 1 h 40 m
- 2018
- Not Rated
- Screen Media Films
- 1 h 40 m
Blue Iguana
30
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Summary Ex-jailbirds Eddie and Paul are on parole and working in a New York diner. Their lives are a dead end. That is, until English lawyer Katherine Rookwood walks into the diner with an offer they can't refuse.
Directed By: Hadi Hajaig
Written By: Hadi Hajaig
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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15% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
31% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
54% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
30
15% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
31% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
54% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Rockwell, Schwartz, Fox, Ferdinando and Callow make it engaging in between its darkly-funny bursts of slow-motion violence — be their characters expertly menacing, or just mean and inept.
It’s not a great movie, but it’s a good reminder of why Rockwell’s admirers have happily stuck with him for decades.
Despite a starring turn from Sam Rockwell (whose character arc boils down to mastering a Cockney accent) and a supporting performance that should help Phoebe Fox convert a small legion of new fans, this Blue Iguana is far less evocative of yesterday’s classics than it is of today’s direct-to-VOD dreck.
Blue Iguana strains to be antic in every joint, from gimmicky editorial and camera choices to a soundtrack cluttered with early ’80s New Wave tracks by the B-52’s, Violent Femmes, Only Ones — great stuff, but they can’t get a party started that’s already flatlined.
Blue Iguana makes the freshly minted Oscar winner (for his totally worthy performance in Three Billboards) work way too hard to cut through the film’s blatant stupidity and buffet of clichés.
Blue Iguana grates on pretty much every level, a misjudged hodge-podge of ill-defined characters, tired filmmaking licks and an air of general unpleasantness. It also contains one of the worst shootouts in recent memory.
A hopelessly muddled, tedious exercise that barely manages an interesting moment despite its plethora of violence and gore. As usual, Rockwell gives it his all, but he's unable to rescue the film from being instantly forgettable.
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