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  • 2008
  • PG
  • Roadside Attractions
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2008
  • PG
  • Roadside Attractions
  • 1 h 25 m

Summary The United States faces an enemy of epic proportions. It's not something you can see on CNN or YouTube. It's not as overtly in your face as wars, natural disasters or terrorism. But this invisible, insidious monster is rapidly growing into a behemoth, threatening to spark an unthinkable catastrophe that will impact the future of the n...

Directed By: Patrick Creadon

Written By: Christine O'Malley, Addison Wiggin, Kate Incontrera, William Bonner, Patrick Creadon

  • 2008
  • PG
  • Roadside Attractions
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2008
  • PG
  • Roadside Attractions
  • 1 h 25 m

I.O.U.S.A.

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
70
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
6.2
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Summary The United States faces an enemy of epic proportions. It's not something you can see on CNN or YouTube. It's not as overtly in your face as wars, natural disasters or terrorism. But this invisible, insidious monster is rapidly growing into a behemoth, threatening to spark an unthinkable catastrophe that will impact the future of the n...

Directed By: Patrick Creadon

Written By: Christine O'Malley, Addison Wiggin, Kate Incontrera, William Bonner, Patrick Creadon

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
70
78% Positive
14 Reviews
17% Mixed
3 Reviews
6% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
70
78% Positive
14 Reviews
17% Mixed
3 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review

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100
If they handed out an Academy Award for Most Gripping Graphs and Charts, this film would take it.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
83
An informative and frightening documentary.
By Marc Mohan FULL REVIEW
80
Highly informative documentary reps a heady mix of charts, graphs and talking heads... superb packaging and timely subject matter.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
75
It's this year's "An Inconvenient Truth."
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
75
Though the filmmaking is playful at times, the film is essentially 90 percent message, 10 percent movie.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
60
Both a handy election primer and a bowel-rattling cry of fiscal doom.
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10
One graphic that I.O.U.S.A. doesn't include is a national balance sheet of our assets and liabilities, which would illustrate that the former is more than double the latter. We're in the black, and a film this deep in the red isn't something to be scared of at all -- or taken seriously.
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
6.2
50% Positive
3 Ratings
33% Mixed
2 Ratings
17% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
6.2
50% Positive
3 Ratings
33% Mixed
2 Ratings
17% Negative
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Production Company O'Malley Creadon Productions, Open Sky Entertainment, Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Release Date Aug 22, 2008
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating PG
Genres
Tagline One Nation. Under Stress. In Debt.
Website http://iousathemovie.com/
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Awards

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Nomination
Critics Choice Awards
• 1 Nomination
Online Film Critics Society Awards
• 1 Nomination

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