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I.O.U.S. A
Roadside Attractions
MPAA RATING: PG for some thematic elements
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 nation and the lives of every single American, no matter who you are. (Roadside Attractions)
| GENRE(S): |
Documentary
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Addison Wiggin
Christine O'Malley
Patrick Creadon
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Patrick Creadon
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: August 22, 2008
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| RUNNING TIME: |
85 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
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100
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
If they handed out an Academy Award for Most Gripping Graphs and Charts, this film would take it.
88
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It accomplishes an amazing thing. It explains the national debt, the foreign trade deficit, the decrease in personal savings, how the prime interest rate works, and the weakness of our leaders.
88
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
There's no quick fix for a culture "addicted to debt," as one wag puts it in the film. But watching I.O.U.S.A. is a good place to start.
83
Portland Oregonian
Marc Mohan
An informative and frightening documentary.
80
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
They deliver a clear and compelling primer on the federal budget deficit, the trade deficit, and the personal debt crisis, all of which are driving our country toward a catastrophic financial meltdown.
80
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
This smartly assembled wake-up call concerning the nation's lousy spending habits proves to be as unexpectedly spirited as it is dispiriting.
80
Variety
Justin Chang
Highly informative documentary reps a heady mix of charts, graphs and talking heads... superb packaging and timely subject matter.
75
Chicago Tribune
Sheri Linden
Packed with facts, figures and the testimony of policy experts, the film is no wallow in wonkiness, though, but a surprisingly sprightly tough-love lesson in fiscal responsibility.
75
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
Though the filmmaking is playful at times, the film is essentially 90 percent message, 10 percent movie.
75
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter Addiego
Does about as good a job as any film could be expected to.
75
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
It's this year's "An Inconvenient Truth."
75
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
Although the movie is unabashedly alarming, it's also intelligent fun.
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
George W. Bush is hammered for doubling the debt load with his high-spending, low-taxing ways.
70
The New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Equal parts enlightening and alarming.
60
Village Voice
Michelle Orange
Both a handy election primer and a bowel-rattling cry of fiscal doom.
58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bill White
Perhaps, like Al Gore's lecture on global warming, the force of its argument will stir some of those who see it to further research the subject.
50
Washington Post
Philip Kennicott
There is a difference between the importance of a film's subject and the quality of a film's execution. And the execution is lacking. The film just isn't, well, very interesting.
10
LA Weekly
Robert Koehler
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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