I.O.U.S.A. Critic Reviews

Metascore®:

77 =
Based upon 8 Critic Reviews
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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

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.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

If they handed out an Academy Award for Most Gripping Graphs and Charts, this film would take it.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Walter AddiegoAdd Critic to Favorites

Does about as good a job as any film could be expected to.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Michael RechtshaffenAdd Critic to Favorites

This smartly assembled wake-up call concerning the nation's lousy spending habits proves to be as unexpectedly spirited as it is dispiriting.Read the full review

The New York Times | Jeannette CatsoulisAdd Critic to Favorites

Equal parts enlightening and alarming.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Nathan RabinAdd Critic to Favorites

Though the filmmaking is playful at times, the film is essentially 90 percent message, 10 percent movie.Read the full review

Variety | Justin ChangAdd Critic to Favorites

Highly informative documentary reps a heady mix of charts, graphs and talking heads... superb packaging and timely subject matter.Read the full review

Washington Post | Philip KennicottAdd Critic to Favorites

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.Read the full review

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