ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

cablooie A 14yo girl with the skills of Jason Bourne, the tactics of James Bond and the physical strength of Ben Grimm lures a guy into a trap and tortures him under the suspicion he "might" have done something wrong. But according to the story it is kind of fair and right, for some reason. She beats him up quite a few times, actually she kicks his ass around hands down, outsmarts him, outtalks him, outeverythings him. If this was a story about a 14yo boy torturing a woman to have her confess crimes he can't prove, the feminist party would have burned theaters. Apparently, the other way round is perfectly legit, a man is guilty until proven innocent and torturing a suspect is perfectly fine. Good concept, Guantanamo. And a 14yo brat can talk him into killing himself. Yep, she can talk. That's all she does for 95% of this silly film actually. Past 30 minutes in the movie you start hoping he'd kill the damn chatterbox, regardless he's guilty or not. It could have been e decent horror short with an adolescent psycho, but no. Somebody wanted a revenge movie justifying torturing suspects. That claim killed it together with the 14yo Xmen-like brat. Apart from the first 10 intriguing minutes the film sucks throughout without redemption. Steer clear.

Ali Davari First of all it's just not a big-one-script at all so if you attend to forget about the technical directing thing and stick to the plot so you can enjoy it, You get disappointed. The worst is the "form" of it which included directing, filming, sound, etc. All these unprofessional camera angles and close shots and add those coloring and filters which helping of course to transfer the atmosphere but yet completely unnecessary or, could have done it in a better way, and weak sound effects and soundtrack that sometimes in the movie you feel the lack of it, All gathered to give you a bad experience you could have on a movie. Don't wanna talk about the plot, it already has been explained in the plot twist! and that's all. If it doesn't motivate you enough to watch it and look for a better directing in this, well you get nothing.

peteperl Their body language and auras suggested they were drawn to each other big time. Now the stupid script forced her to be ice cold which contradicts to that and lets the viewer feel very irritated. The story was so unbelievable far away from being realistic, a 14 year old girl acting with the experience rarely gained within a lifetime. A grown man being overpowered by a small girl? you must be kidding. A man being talked into suicide by a 14 year old? and for what reason? The acting was decent though. In the end i was so disappointed, i have to give this a 2.

grampa1956 When I first watched this film, I had no expectations so I was caught totally by surprise on how suspenseful and dark "Hard Candy" was.Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson were perfect picks for what is basically a two person psycho-drama. Page comes across, at first, as a pretty and naive youngster and Wilson portrays his usual pleasant male lead but the dark undertones kick in quite early. The fact that a teen and an adult agree to meet over the Internet is your first clue that something's amiss. Supposedly, his aim is to only take pictures, being a professional photographer.Wilson's character has made a grave mistake: behind Pages freckles and pretty smile lies a stone-cold stalker.After tricking him into allowing her to make some alcoholic drinks (and drugging him), Page then ties him up and announces her plans: she's going to get him to admit to being a sexual predator and castrate him.The tension escalates from there. The photographer nearly escapes twice but the girl seemingly has come prepared for almost anything.The main reason for Page's character's actions is she believes her captive is the killer responsible for a missing friend of hers.The best thing about the movie is the back and forth dialogue between the two characters (a good script here!).the one thing I've noticed on other sites with reviews is that a lot of people see the teen as insane and that's she got the wrong guy. I believe this is because Patrick Wilson almost always comes across as a hero/nice guy in his films. Plus, they may have not watched the film to its completion which leaves no ambiguity.One of my most favoured films of its type. Do watch it!