"Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair."
An esteemed judge suffers a stroke and ends up in a nursing home where he's forced to cede control to others. One of the eldest residents rules over the others with an iron fist covered up by a hand puppet they call Jenny Pen.
I won't prevaricate. This is low budget psychological horror headlined by two of the best, Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow. It exploits the horrors of being invalid and at the mercy of others. It's straightforward, yet it stays with you.
3½ cognitive tests out of 5
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