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JIMMY AND JUDY
Jon Schroder & Randall Rubin
2006, USA, Narrative, 108 minutes
‘Till Meth Do Us Part?
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It’s the Idaho Film Festival’s (just before) midnight movie and we’re quite sure that
Jimmy and Judy is exactly what you’re looking for. Mental illness, ultraviolence, sexual
perversion, methamphetamine cults, nudity, family dysfunction, home movies, and tender heart-warming
romance are the order of the day. Join Jimmy and Judy as they discover that true love is possible - even
in Hell.
Welcome to suburbia. Jimmy is intelligent, mentally ill and he’s obsessed with his handheld video
camera and Judy, a timid ingénue who’s constantly bullied at school. He exacts revenge upon her
enemies, and videotapes himself in the act causing Judy to fall hopelessly in love with her passionate
protector. After a freak series of events, they find themselves on the run from the law in the
cranked-up underbelly of the American Midwest. With nothing to lose (except each other), they roam the
countryside in search of a near-mythical libertarian nirvana run by the elusive Uncle Rodney.
The excellent use of a clever concept, a well-developed script, daring performances and the
scorching screen chemistry of Edward (Terminator 2, American History X, Pecker) Furlong and Rachael
(The Ring) Bella ensure that Jimmy and Judy will stay with you long after the lights come up.
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Egyptian Theatre, Friday, September 29th at 11:45pm
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