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I.O.U.S.A.

(No longer in theaters)
  • Rating: PG — for some thematic elements
  • Director: Patrick Creadon   Cast: Warren Buffet, Pete Peterson, Dave Walker
  • Running Time: 85 minutes
  • Reader Rating: Write a Review

Genre

Documentary

Producer

Sarah Gibson

Distributor

Roadside Attractions

Release Date

Aug 22, 2008

Release Notes

Limited

Official Website

Review

Wordplay director Patrick Creadon’s new doc tackles the national debt and the impending financial “tsunami” brought on by our borrow-and-spend ways. It’s a bold attempt to clarify economic concepts in an entertaining manner that (thankfully) avoids the usual Michael Moore–style stunts, but it’s only partially successful. Still, its prophecy of doom is effectively chilling.