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Curtis's Charm (1995)
Director: John L'Ecuyer
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Small but beguiling movie, based on a story by Jim Carroll. A recovering heroin addict runs into an old comrade-in-arms in the park, but Curtis is crawling the bench with fright: he thinks he's being followed by a squirrel. His voodoo juju mother-in-law has put a spell on him, he explains. The man needs a talisman to protect him. Even at 75 minutes this feels over-extended, and the budget evidently didn't stretch to New York locations, but it's a cool, off-the-wall conversation piece, snappily put together with a darkly humorous sense of the metaphysical.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: John L'Ecuyer
Producer: Sandra Cunningham
Cast: Maurice Dean Wint, Callum Keith Rennie, Rachael Crawford, Barbara Barnes-Hopkins, Hugh Dillon full cast
Duration: 75 mins
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