Blue Iguana

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Blue Iguana

2018

1h 48m

Comedy

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Ex-jailbirds Eddie and Paul are on parole and working in a New York diner, and their lives seem to be at a dead end. Then, English lawyer Katherine Rookwood walks into the diner with an offer they can't refuse.

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Critics Consensus

This contrived heist film strikes gold with Sam Rockwell, but there isn't much else going for Blue Iguana.

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

Oct 3, 2018

2/5

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.

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Ian Freer

Empire Magazine

Oct 2, 2018

1/5

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.

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Sheila O'Malley

RogerEbert.com

Aug 24, 2018

2.5/4

Rockwell and Fox are very funny and very strange together. You get weirdly invested in them.

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

Aug 16, 2022

2/5

Oliver Daly’s film is a love letter to 80s action characters, but it’s just not a very good one.

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

Jun 23, 2020

Although the setup to this British crime comedy is a bit of a stretch, the execution is often quite funny, and let's face it: anytime you get a chance to see a new film starring Sam Rockwell, you jump on it.

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Rich Phippen

HeyUGuys

Jun 5, 2019

2/5

Rockwell is adrift in this messy crime caper.

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darren m

@Darren159 Feb 15, 2026

honest comedy caper with a strong cast, what was there not to like? Some people get so bloody up themselves

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Downriver R

@Downriver Feb 14, 2026

Again I don't get why this movie gets such bad reviews. The production is great the cast is excellent the story is funny compelling and grabs your attention.

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Mangesh D

@RT79703217 Oct 25, 2025

Absolutely a fun ride. I don’t understand how could any “critic” talk so bad about it. I watched it in 2025. After I watched Deep Cover. These movies are making me believe that British comedy is way ahead of the American comedy. It’s gripping. Funny, sometimes silly, and the best part, you don’t see anything coming, it just hits you in the face.

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Gert E

@GertAFE Nov 5, 2024

Ever been to a good rock/pop concert in a small venue? You've been drinking some beer and you're there with some friends. This movie has given me the same kind of pleasure. It's excited and laid-back at the same time. It's fun. It tickles, it breathes, it relaxes, it chills. It's silly and it's cool. And it has Sam Rockwell.

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Amanda L

@RT00328743 Aug 27, 2024

Romance? Absurdism? Guns and gangsters? Yes. Watch this film if you have Sam Rockwell’s off-kilter taste in screenplays, or a big sappy gooey yen to see the boy get the girl.

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steve d

@RT35616104 Dec 6, 2022

This should work given Rockwell's track record but nothing about it is convincing.

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Ben Schwartz

Paul Driggs

Phoebe Fox

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Simon Callow

Uncle Martin

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Synopsis

Ex-jailbirds Eddie and Paul are on parole and working in a New York diner, and their lives seem to be at a dead end. Then, English lawyer Katherine Rookwood walks into the diner with an offer they can't refuse.

Director: Hadi Hajaig
Producer: Hadi Hajaig, Tom Lassally
Screenwriter: Hadi Hajaig
Distributor: Screen Media Films
Production Co: 3 Arts Entertainment, Screen Media Ventures
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 24, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 27, 2018
Runtime: 1h 48m

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