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Curtis's Charm

1996, Movie, NR, 74 mins

Curtis's Charm: Review

CURTIS'S CHARM
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John L'Ecuyer's directing debut is a low-budget, black-and-white variation on the junkie blues with impeccable credentials: It's adapted from a short story by dope-poet Jim Carroll (THE BASKETBALL DIARIES) that appeared in The Paris Review. Crack addict Curtis (Maurice Dean Wint) has vanished. In flashback, his wife Janet (Rachel Crawford) and rehab buddy Jim (Callum Keith Rennie), lead us through the events that lead up to his disappearance. Curtis is in a paranoid funk, convinced he's under siege by brainy squirrels on the one hand and his voodoo-practicing mother-in-law (Barbara Barnes-Hopkins) on the other, and the charm of the title isn't Curtis's personal charisma: It's a talisman Jim makes, hoping to convince Curtis that he doesn't have to succumb to the juju he's convinced is ruining his life. The action -- what little there is of it -- unfolds in between clips from Maya Deren's Divine Horsemen (the product of her lifelong fascination with voodoo), images of urban decay and long moments when the screen is entirely black. The best thing about the film is the performances; though they're undeniably ragged, Wint, Rennie and Crawford all invest their characters with considerable passion and strength. We'd like to see more of them, but we'd like it to be in something else. leave a comment
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