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Hard Candy (2006)

Patrick Wilson , Ellen Page , David Slade  |  R |  DVD
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (313 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Patrick Wilson, Ellen Page, Sandra Oh, Odessa Rae, G.J. Echternkamp
  • Directors: David Slade
  • Writers: Brian Nelson
  • Producers: Alex Webster, Barney Jeffrey, Brian Nelson, David Higgins, Ellora Chowdhury
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: Lions Gate
  • DVD Release Date: September 19, 2006
  • Run Time: 104 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (313 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000GI3KGC
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,762 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Hard Candy" on IMDb

Special Features

  • Commentary by director David Slade and writer Brian Nelson
  • Commentary by actors Patrick Wilson and Ellen Page
  • Deleted and extended scenes
  • "Creating Hard Candy" featurette
  • "Controversial Confection" mini-featurette
  • DVD-ROM: Production notebook
  • Trailer

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The supercharged possibilities of a single set and two amped-up actors are explored in Hard Candy, a twisted cocktail with a poison kicker. After a flirtatious encounter in an online chat room, two people agree to meet for coffee: a 32-year-old man (Patrick Wilson) and a 14-year-old girl (Ellen Page). They quickly advance to his house, and just as quickly, the apparent pedophilic seduction morphs into something else entirely. After the tables turn, Hard Candy becomes a tale of revenge and torture that might have tempted a filmmaker like Park Chanwook. Here, first-time feature director David Slade opts for a slick look that stays close to the actors, and you can't really blame him--this movie is like a conceptual, more-than-slightly unbelievable off-Broadway play, a showcase for actors and "controversial" ideas. Those actors are strong: Patrick Wilson (Angels in America, Phantom of the Opera) is every bit as creepy as he needs to be, and Ellen Page has nothing short of a triumph. The Canadian actress was around 18 when she shot the film, but looks like an adolescent, which makes her authoritative wrath all the more shocking to witness. The provocations of Hard Candy sometimes seem arbitrary or forced, but Page's electrifying performance can't be denied, or dismissed. --Robert Horton

Product Description

A smart, charming teenage girl, Hayley probably shouldn't be going to a local coffee shop to meet Jeff, a 30-something fashion photographer she met on the Internet. But before she knows it, she's mixing drinks at Jeff's place and stripping for an impromptu photo shoot. It's Jeff's lucky night. But Hayley isn't as innocent as she looks, and the night takes a turn when she begins to impose a hard-hitting investigation on Jeff in an attempt to reveal his possibly scandalous past.

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131 of 164 people found the following review helpful
The film directed by David Slade and written by Brian Nelson seems disturbing enough for just the subject matter alone, but it's also eerie in how timely it's release has been. With reports of teenage girls becoming victims of internet sexual predators appearing in all types of news media, Hard Candy arrives in the theaters through a limited release to highlight this current trend. Slade and Nelson has created an disturbing and, at times, a very uncomfortable film that shows the many twists and turns that happens when the roles of prey and predator become interchangeable.

There's no denying that Hard Candy aims to put a new twist on the exploitation subgenre of the rape-revenge films that dominated the late 70's and early 80's. Brian Nelson's clearly channeling the influences from such rape-revenge fantasy films like Mastrosimone's Extremities and the very disturbing and exploitive I Spit On Your Grave (Day of the Woman) by Meir Zarchi. From the beginning the audience is shown the set-up of an adult instant messenging another person with the screen name of Thonggrrl14. Thonggrrl14 is in fact a 14 year-old teenage girl named Hayley and the adult on the other end a 32 year-old photographer named Jeff who goes by the screen name Lensman319. Jeff has an unhealthy and disturbing penchant for pubescent girls as the subject of his camera lens.

From their first meeting meeting at a coffee house where Jeff gradually begins a flirtatious conversation with the young Hayley to the point in the first act when he finally convinces her to go back to his house whcih doubles as his studio. There's really no denying the sense of unease that permeates the first act as Hard Candy gradually paints Jeff as the sexual predator that he is.
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78 of 98 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I hated it, the best film of 2006 June 3, 2006
It's safe to say that before the release of the film I was basically foaming at the mouth in anticipation. I don't know what it was that drew me so strongly to it, but there was something about it that just wet my appetite for great cinema.

So, the week came when it was to be released, and Friday rolled around. I went to see it - and left utterly disappointed. I don't know what I expected from the film, from all the press I read I expected simple torture then an end to the film, but what I got, I later realized, was so much more.

The story, although topical to some degree, is at first glance a story of one person wanting to teach another a lesson about the "naughty" things they do, ALA Seven and Saw. But as the film unfolds the true faces are shown, and they're ugly. Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson turn in flawless performances, as they're the only main actors in the film, Sandra Oh plays a small, yet somewhat vital role, and then there's that one guy at the cafe.

The reason I detested this movie was for one simple reason - manipulation. NEVER in my life have I seen a film where my beliefs and feelings concerning the characters has shifted so furiously between one and the other. You sincerely believe that Jeff is an innocent man and that Haley is simply a sociopath. As the story unfolds, if you see the film in the same light as I did, by the end you'll be completely worn out, and left with a feeling of bleakness.

With most recent horror films focusing mainly on the gore aspect, and very little story, albeit one as complex as this, it was incredibly refreshing to see a horror/suspense film that was something that could just possibly top Hitchcock in his finest hour.

A true masterpiece.
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51 of 64 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I'd Take This Candy From A Stranger September 12, 2006
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I will admit something up front. I am a sucker for a tight, clever script where there is plenty of verbal sparring. Intelligent (might I even say--"thought provoking") drama gets me off. Two of my favorite classics are "The Lion in Winter" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff?"--two powerful, but wickedly funny, verbal bloodbaths based on plays. Now I'm not saying "Hard Candy" falls into that league, but it is certainly refreshing to watch an adult film with an actual point-of-view that doesn't dumb itself down for mass consumption.

Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson are both suberb, and there are enough twists and action to keep the viewer guessing through their game of cat-and-mouse. This is a sweet antidote to the usual summer blockbuster--one that will make you think and one that you will remember.

Not to provide a spoiler, but the film does wrap itself up rather tidily--which keeps it from being truly brilliant (I'd actually give it 4 1/2 stars). But I was riveted throughout.

A word of warning, however, I imagine a lot of people might not like this film. But if you are a fan of well-scripted, well- acted drama and open to the subject matter (might be too controversial or even too graphic for some), I'd definitely give this a try. KGHarris, 9/06.
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55 of 71 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting psychothriller August 2, 2008
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There are movies that haunt you and others that keep you guessing; there are horror flicks and daring mind-benders; there are suspense ridden narratives and atypical treaures: Hard candy is all of the above. The terrible intolerable need to continue watching absorbs and terrifies while you seem disturbed by a need to find a side to root for. The pedophile photographer who may have committed a homicide or the teenager who seems bent on revenge with such hatred you feel for her psychological statae of mind and her emotional integrity while admiring the psychological battle of wits that throws every trick in the book and seemingly confiscates the essence of every psychotic malady the rational rituals of desire have equipped human nature with. Ellen Page is too good to be true and so belligerent in her sympathetic role that you can't stand her. She does what no one at her age has ever been able to do, namely reconcile the taboo of social mores with a nefarious bristling candor that thwarts the desire to continue to watch. She is placed aface Patrick Wilson who performs the role of a pedophile with impenetrable guile and belated predatory pride. He runs the gamut of psycho games and betrays psychobabble while his counterpart frustrates his strategic acumen by outsmarting him to such an extent you wonder as he does: Who is this girl? It gets terrifyiing and tense in a swell of emotional callousness that dumbs the pity elusively ambling in a dialogue that is always disquieted by minds that forage a loot in every chance digression. It is shot with bestirring incision and lavish in its climactic rush. I do not think a movie could be shot with more intensity.... Read more ›
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars love it
Its very good movie. Everybody from the lead, Co star ect acted very well. The movie is one of my favorites.
Published 9 days ago by liz carlo
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie!
First of all, the delivery and condition was great. In addition, though a lot of my family says this movie is very open ended, I love it. Read more
Published 10 days ago by MadKatter
1.0 out of 5 stars Sophomoric & trite...
It's interesting how many reviewed this film as though it were a documentary about an actual occurrence. As mentioned in other reviews, the setup is pretty arbitrary. Read more
Published 12 days ago by inframan
5.0 out of 5 stars Ellen page is scary versatile.
Love the film, saw it in the theatre when it was first released. It's such an engaging film, you don't know whether to root for the protagonist or antagonist. Read more
Published 12 days ago by Matthew Luis Rodriguez
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie
I love any kind of movie that has twists and turns, and this is a must see movie has a lot of action!
Published 20 days ago by Heather Douglas
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie!
Excellent unexpected twist...one of the better movies I have seen in awhile. I can't believe I missed this one when it was out on video (released in 2005)
Published 21 days ago by Not_Happy
4.0 out of 5 stars Kind of hard to believe
My main drive behind buying this movie was Ellen Page period. Her acting ability is incredible and I love watching her work. Read more
Published 27 days ago by Repsac
4.0 out of 5 stars You just messed with the wrong teenager Mr.!!
Firstly I think this movie should be required viewing for every male ever convicted of any sort of perverted sex crime against a minor. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Natja Kristy
5.0 out of 5 stars Good little thriller.
This is an amazing film in that it mainly is two characters playing cat and mouse throughout the movie. The twist is in figuring out who is the cat and who is the mouse?
Published 1 month ago by Nobody
5.0 out of 5 stars What a Surprise!
I'm a pretty harsh critic when it comes to movies. When I read other viewers reviews, I many times wonder what were they thinking, the movie just plan stunk. Read more
Published 3 months ago by K.K
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