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Hard Candy (2005)
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Reviews Counted:129
Fresh:87
Rotten:42
Average Rating:6.4/10
Consensus: Disturbing, controversial, but entirely engrossing, Hard Candy is well written with strong lead performances, especially that of newcomer Ellen Page. A movie that stays with the viewer long after leaving the theater.
Theatrical Release:Apr 14, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $1,007,962
Synopsis: Hayley's a smart, charming teenage girl -- but even smart girls make mistakes. She's hooking up in a coffee shop with Jeff, a guy she's met on the Internet. And even though he's a cute,... [More]
Starring: Patrick Wilson, Ellen Page, Sandra Oh, Jennifer Holmes
Director: David Slade
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Reviews for Hard Candy
Top CriticShe's a tease with a whiff of fascist certainty in her summary judgments. It might be interesting to read what some post-feminists make of such a sleek action character.
05/20/06
Riveting.
04/14/06
Top CriticAt the very first, Hard Candy plays hardball. It's hard to watch, hard to listen to, hard to think about. And then it falls apart.
04/28/06
Top CriticIt takes creepy, spooky, and altogether ooky to a hideous new level.
05/06/06
As Hard Candy moves further and further away from its opening scenes' gripping ambiguity, the frightening conviction Page brings to her role becomes the only thing keeping the film from lurching into sleazy, pulpy camp.
04/13/06
A film that will have you both squirming in your seat and teetering on the edge of it.
06/24/06
Hard Candy is the rare movie that may be worthiest for the arguments you'll have after it's over.
04/28/06
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04/23/09
A daring two-character drama that goes sour in its last half-hour ... In this Misery with a teen twist, Ellen Page delivers a mint performance far beyond her years.
05/05/06
The scenario at play here -- reportedly based on real-life attacks on suspected pedophiles by schoolgirls in Japan -- is an intriguing one, but as executed ultimately stretches plausibility.
04/14/06
Hard Candy ultimately lacks the balls to follow through on its most discomfiting promises, choosing instead to wallow in a surfeit of final-reel tidiness.
04/14/06
Thoroughly confounding the 'normal' relationship between abuser and victim, first-time director Slade presents a complex morality tale under the guise of an exploitation thriller.
06/15/07
Seen as a film, seen as acting and direction, seen as just exactly how it unfolds on the screen, Hard Candy is impressive and effective.
04/28/06
Top CriticOnly two males working in perfectly mediocre pulp harmony would dream up an avenging teen angel like this one.
04/27/06
Top CriticIt's the second act where Hard Candy earns the seat-squirmer reputation it will one day have.
04/14/06
I say again, Ellen Page is in the room! You read it here.
04/04/06
If Slade's intent is so clever, then why is the film so stupid as to hamfist a two-hour anti-pedophilia PSA down the throats of an entire culture that, by and large, already agrees with the premise...?
05/03/06
The film's strength is in the way it continually sustains suspense, particularly in the use of sound effects. Very little is shown, but much is heard.
04/08/07
Slick slime wrapped as a high-toned, girl-power shocker
08/30/09
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