Blue Iguana
Screen Media Films | Release Date: August 24, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
30
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
4
Negative:
7
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 25, 2018
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. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyAug 24, 2018
Without an establishing tone or style — the first scene sits there on the screen like a void — it can come off as trying to jump on some already-long-gone bandwagon. Read full review
60
Film Journal InternationalStephen Whitty Aug 23, 2018
It’s not a great movie, but it’s a good reminder of why Rockwell’s admirers have happily stuck with him for decades. Read full review
60
Film ThreatAlan NgAug 22, 2018
Rockwell and Schwartz are basically doing their version of a Hope-and-Crosby road film. They play characters very familiar to an American audience and that is played against a British comedic landscape. The result it interesting to watch, but I think more for the Brits than its American counterparts. Read full review
42
IndieWireDavid EhrlichAug 21, 2018
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. Read full review
40
The GuardianLeslie FelperinOct 3, 2018
It is a story seemingly meant to be funny but only fitfully successful in this mission, and way too pleased with its own brand of deadpan wisecracking. Read full review
30
VarietyDennis HarveyAug 24, 2018
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. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenAug 23, 2018
Writer-director Hadi Hajaig was obviously shooting for a mid-1980s indie vibe along the lines of Jonathan Demme’s “Something Wild,” but aside from an overstuffed soundtrack that goes heavy on the B-52’s, there’s nothing particularly engaging or nostalgic going on beneath all the forced irreverence. Read full review
30
Rolling StonePeter TraversAug 23, 2018
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. Read full review
30
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeAug 23, 2018
In absence of either good humor or good set pieces, Blue Iguana is a heist gone bust. Read full review
20
EmpireIan FreerOct 1, 2018
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. Read full review
20
Village VoiceCraig D. LindseyAug 23, 2018
From the characters to the purposely perplexing plot, it’s all hollow and artificial to the point of being downright grating. Blue Iguana is another exercise in sarcastic, self-referential, postmodern pulp whose time has so come and gone. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAug 23, 2018
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. Read full review
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