Iron Island

Name: Iron Island
Genre: Drama
Released: March 31, 2006
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 74

2006

METASCORE

Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews

See All

USER SCORE

Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Ratings

See All

6.4

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

6.4	Your Score
6.4	User Score Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Ratings

Would you like to write a review?

There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Please do not use ALL CAPS. There is no linking or other HTML allowed. Your review may be edited for content. 0/5000

Check box if your review contains spoilers

Play Sound

Please enter your birth date to watch this video:

You are not allowed to view this material at this time.

Iron Island

Now Playing: Iron Island

Movie Details & Credits

Kino International | Release Date: March 31, 2006

Summary: The story of a community located on an abandoned oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, Iron Island chronicles the lives of the homeless people living on this floating village. (Kino International)

Director: Mohammad Rasoulof

Genre(s): Drama

Runtime: 90 min

See All Details and Credits

Watch Now

Buy on

Metascore

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Critic Reviews

100

Sean Axmaker

Director Mohammad Rasoulof has fashioned the ultimate metaphor for a society adrift from its culture. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Mohammad Rasoulof's heartfelt and darkly comic second feature proves beyond any doubt that Iranian film is still alive and well, despite waning Western interest in one of the world's richest contemporary cinemas. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Richly detailed -- and improbably entertaining.

Wesley Morris

Like the great Iranian filmmakers, Rasoulof has no use for the artificiality of heightened drama. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

Sparse of plot, Iron Island is visually rich, thanks to cinematographer Reza Jalai. The final scene is especially stunning. Read full review

Richard James Havis

Stalwart Iranian actor Ali Nasirian plays Nemat with a thoughtful hubris, uniting the various plot strands by force of character. Read full review

J. Hoberman

Depending on one's mood, the movie might seem boldly simplified and poetic--or boringly simpleminded and prosaic. Read full review

SEE ALL 16 REVIEWS

Write a Review

User Reviews

MarvinW.

Sep 8, 2006

Extraordinary!

0 of 0 users found this helpful

MarcK.

Oct 21, 2006

Once again snookered by high MetaCritic rating. I suppose there were supposed to be layers of meaning underneath the general story, but I guess I missed just about all of that.

0 of 0 users found this helpful

MikeG.

Apr 11, 2006

Another movie I saw at the Philadelphia Film Festival, this movie made absolutely no sense, even from the allegorical standpoint from which it was surely intended. The movie's condemnation of leaders and the people who blindly follow those leaders was at times too dense and at other Another movie I saw at the Philadelphia Film Festival, this movie made absolutely no sense, even from the allegorical standpoint from which it was surely intended. The movie's condemnation of leaders and the people who blindly follow those leaders was at times too dense and at other times too simplistic to be followed. A larger problem was that the characters failed to provide any kind of interest, not even as broad archtypes. This movie just left me drained and disappointed.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful

SEE ALL 3 REVIEWS