Curtis's Charm

Curtis's Charm
Directed by	John L'Ecuyer
Written by	John L'Ecuyer
Starring	Maurice Dean Wint Callum Keith Rennie Rachael Crawford Hugh Dillon
Music by	Mark Korven
Release date	1995
Running time	74 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Curtis's Charm is a Canadian comedy-drama film, released in 1995. The directorial debut of John L'Ecuyer, the film won a special jury citation for Best Canadian Feature Film at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival.

Based on a short story by Jim Carroll, the film stars Maurice Dean Wint as Curtis, a paranoid drug addict who believes his mother-in-law has cast a voodoo spell on him, which has resulted in his being stalked by a killer squirrel. With the help of his friend Jim (Callum Keith Rennie), he tries to devise a talisman to protect him from the curse.

The film garnered two Genie Award nominations at the 17th Genie Awards in 1996:

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