The Rule of Jenny Pen: John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush star in 'pure choking horror'

The Rule of Jenny Pen: John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush star in 'pure choking horror'

This "care-home thriller" from the New Zealand director James Ashcroft is an unusual affair, said Tim Robey in The Telegraph.Ten minutes into the film, a judge, Stefan (Geoffrey Rush), suffers a stroke mid-trial and is confined to a nursing facility, where he almost immediately sees a patient accidentally incinerate himself. It sets the tone for what follows: it turns out that patients at the home are being terrorised behind the staff's back by …