Hard Candy (2005)

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Aug 14 21:58

Jeff: "You were coming on to me!" Hayley: "Oh, come on. That's what they always say, Jeff." Jeff: "Who?" Hayley: "Who? The pedophiles! "Oh, she was so sexy. She was asking for it." "She was only technically a girl, she acted like a woman." It's just so easy to blame a kid, isn't it! Just because a girl knows how to imitate a woman, does NOT mean she's ready to do what a woman does." Hard Candy is an incisive, stylish, provocative, innovative, edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller that is effortlessly superior to an abundance of other contemporary horror films. Saw and Hostel probe the concept of cold-blooded killers, frequently displaying gratuitous violence and gore, whereas writer Brian Nelson and director David Slade circumvent the clichés and produce a wholly original thrille...Read more

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Aug 14 1:37

Hard Candy is a film that is engaging, eye-opening, and thoughtful. It brings up the important issue of young girls and their femininity, and the role that adults play in shaping that. For example, if an underage girl flirts with an older man, you discourage it, rather than flirt back/encourage it. The main female character and her strength are refreshing - rarely in the film world do you see a powerful, intelligent female, and especially not in a fourteen-year-old. The film is interesting in the fact that it makes the viewer question just who is the victim, who is to believe, and who is to be trusted. After all, the two prominent characters are a 30-something man and a 14-year-old. It certainly twists societal conventions, and gives a strong message to viewers concerning pedophili...Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 1 year, 9 months ago at Feb 23 2:13

Hard Candy was a great movie which leaves you saying was he the bad one or was she really bad. This movie also had it's great scenes even though most violent scenes appear off camera what you can see the pain in Jeff's face who is played by Patrick Wilson. The castration scene was a little bit sick but he give it a good job on that i have to say after cutting you know what yes his balls you see are doing horrible things with them. Ellen Page now she also had a good part in this movie she gets you to believe her most times. Sandra Oh only appears in the one scene i can't really say much about her.
This movie is worth watching i enjoyed it and stuff like this with meeting people off the Internet can really happen and thats one of the points the movie is trying to send out.

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 2 years, 3 months ago at Aug 7 1:00

Excellent. I love the concept. It's so refreshing watching something different for a change rather then the same ole story and I thought it was great how they did the end leaving you wondering certain things (of course I can't elaborate because I'll give it away). I thought it was a very good performance from Ellen Page (Hayley) too, especially seeing as the topic wasn't a pleasant one.

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 3 years ago at Oct 24 18:18

Very slow paced, not quite what I expected.

Rating : 4/10