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The Blue Iguana

Play trailer Poster for The Blue Iguana R,  1988,  1h 30m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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0% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 38% Popcornmeter 50+ Ratings
IRS agents send a private eye to Mexico to recover money laundered by a banker and her sidekick.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Sep 24, 2001
0.5/4
The Blue Iguana is as close to a no-brainer as you can get, and still have anything left on the screen at all. It's a smart-aleck parody of private-eye movies, but it knows as little about private eyes as it does about parodies, and movies. Go to Full Review
Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Jul 7, 2022
Seems like a type of visual quiz for aficionados of old movies. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Nov 6, 2008
1/4
An unusually irritating misfire... Go to Full Review
David Cornelius DVDTalk.com May 22, 2006
2/5
It's little more than an interesting failure, a not-so-clever execution of a clever idea. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 12, 2005
2/5
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Jul 29, 2002
2/5
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Cast & Crew

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John Lafia

Director

Dylan McDermott

Vince Holloway

Jessica Harper

Cora

James Russo

Reno

Pamela Gidley

Dakota

Tovah Feldshuh

Detective Vera Quinn

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The Blue Iguana

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Movie Info

Synopsis IRS agents send a private eye to Mexico to recover money laundered by a banker and her sidekick.
Director
John Lafia
Producer
Steve Golin, Sigurjon Sighvatsson
Screenwriter
John Lafia
Production Co
Paramount
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$114.9K
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Surround
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