The Rule of Jenny Pen
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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.
Cast
- John Lithgow
- Geoffrey Rush
- Nathaniel Lees
- Thomas Sainsbury
- Yvette Parsons
- Ian Mune
- Maaka Pohatu
- Holly Shanahan
- Bruce Phillips
- George Henare
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- Sep 20, 2024
What if Batman and The Joker were in the same old folks home.
Tori PotenzaApr 2, 2025Say all you want, but the real villains in this film are the officers — because where the hell are they? How could this crazy old man just come and go everywhere, do all of that for so long, without getting caught even once?! Are they all deadass??!! And every time they…
RizkiMar 7, 2025Believable; comedic; dark; deranged; gross; horrifying; underdeveloped; well-acted; well-made.
joshrowley - Mar 5, 2025
hagsploitation for boys!
Katie WalshMar 23, 2025What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (Male Version)
B E R TApr 10, 2025not the caregivers despawning each time something bad happens
corey👻 - Mar 29, 2025
i liked it when jenny pen went 😃 to 😠
miki minachMay 8, 2025Looks like I’ll be bullied by a puppet when I get old. 👍🏼
♢ 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚀𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚗 ×͜×Mar 30, 2025You get the general idea of this film’s tone during the establishing shot of John Lithgow laughing maniacally at a screen like DeNiro in Cape Fear. That tone is “unsettling”. It’s also dark, depressing, and sobering. As I’ve often said, the most real of all horrors is the…
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- Clay Werner dislikedThe Rule of Jenny Pen
3.9 - Had to break the hot streak eventually. This just doesn’t have much going for it outside John Lithgow acting fully unhinged & Geoffrey Rush providing a decent foil. It never fully commits to its psych horror elements. It leaves a few unanswered or at least unsatisfactorily answered…
Jen likedThe Rule of Jenny PenThis movie is weird and gross at times but I laughed quite a bit and overall enjoyed it.
ChungiBoi is "meh" onThe Rule of Jenny PenGeez, the retirement home staff in this movie were absolutely garbage at their jobs, the fact that all this is going on and no one is suspicious is wild. Rush and Lithgow are fantastic but the movie didn’t keep me invested the whole time because I never believed rush would be ok
- mavy is "meh" onThe Rule of Jenny Pen
one horrible geezer terrifying a bunch of other geezers at an old folks home lithgow goes wild, rush is great and they’re the main reason to watch this as really only their characters get developed, some (just) kinda creepy pysch horror, unintentional comedy, general weirdness
Dark Sun likedThe Rule of Jenny PenVery well acted and really hits you with an existential crisis. This movie really makes you feel for old people and how they are largely neglected; it also really harnesses the fear of growing old and losing yourself. Powerful commentary with great acting.
Hardy Reviews likedThe Rule of Jenny PenThe rule of Jenny Pen is the craziest tale I have ever seen. The way these actors portrayed fear and genuine craziness is unbelievable. This film is more thriller than horror to me but it’s an enjoyable disturbing film.
- Taylor Winters is "meh" onThe Rule of Jenny Pen
It started off creepy and mysterious but quickly turned into a very weird battle between two old men. I prefer lithgow as trinity, not as Jenny Pen. It has potential but it didn’t hit the mark for me.
Hasvik likedThe Rule of Jenny Penscript is a bit weak and it's core is a story we've seen before but the two leads are easy to watch and the menacing tone prevails throughout. good fun.
Stew is "meh" onThe Rule of Jenny PenActing was great but that’s where ended for me , kinda dragged and not my cup of tea I guess
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- ABANTHONY BERRIOS
If I could give it zero stars I would. Interesting plot that goes nowhere
JVJacob VanoverAlthough this movie’s cast is quite remarkable in terms of acting, its plot and story are just too boring. This movie is not scary in the slightest and was mostly just sad. The trailer convinced me to check it out but it is definitely a big thumbs down. Viewers beware
CMClever Medea
Metacritic
Mar 6, 2025
The director remains near-merciless in his approach, never shying away from showing his vulnerable characters (and the tormentor played with twisted relish by Lithgow is, ultimately, as unprotected as any of the others) in states of utter abjection.
Glenn Kenny
The New York Times
Mar 4, 2025
True cinema is John Lithgow terrorizing Geoffrey Rush in a nursing home with his creepy hand puppet.
Nick Schager
The Daily Beast
Mar 4, 2025
The film single-mindedly sees its elderly characters as objects of disgust or receptacles for harm.
Steven Scaife
Slant Magazine
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