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The writer-director of Coming Home in the Dark adapts another one of Owen Marshall's short stories with Geoffrey Rush and...
The writer-director of Coming Home in the Dark adapts another one of Owen Marshall's short stories with Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow in lead roles. Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child's puppet to abuse the home's residents with deadly consequences.
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An all-out nightmare
As the film proceeds, Ashcroft calibrates it into an all-out nightmare, bathing his sets in Giallo reds and greens, and disorienting through camerawork and editing. It’s oppressive stuff, and viewers are rewarded with an ending that’s surprisingly tender given all that’s come before. Read full article
71 %102 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
55 %67 reviewsAudience score rating
"One of the creepiest, smartest horror films so far this year."
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A.V. Club
A.V. Club"The bleak atmosphere becomes more grating than unsettling."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"Narratively unequal to the powerful performances of Rush and Lithgow."
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Austin Chronicle
Austin Chronicle"Becomes a bleak, fatalistic march to what is a relatively predictable end."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"What begins as an atypical use of two beloved actors gets more messy than complex."
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IndieWire
IndieWireThe Rule of Jenny Pen | Details
- Rating
- MA15+, Strong coarse language and sexual violence
- Runtime
- 105
- Genre
- Thriller
- Country of origin
- New Zealand
