Jack Be Nimble (film)
Jack Be Nimble is a New Zealand gothic horror movie directed by Garth Maxwell, who later described it as a stylised supernatural tale. The film stars American Alexis Arquette and New Zealand actor Sarah SmutsKennedy. It features one of the final movie appearances of legendary NZ actormusician Bruno Lawrence.
Used copies of the film can often be found on DVD selling for multiple times their original price, due to its rarity and cult status.The film has received many positive reviews since its release. Stephen Holden of The New York Times stated that the film cuts back and forth between scenes of their childhood and adolescence, it evokes their misery and isolation with a feverish intensity that recalls scenes from Hitchcock and De Palma. Dominic Corry of the New Zealand Herald described the film as one of the strangest New Zealand films ever made and thought that itdeserves way more of a cult reputation than it currently enjoys. ........
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