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11/15/06
Candy (2006)
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Reviews Counted: 72 Fresh: 36 Rotten:36 Average Rating: 5.8/10
Consensus:
Stars Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish look better than they should as heroin addicts, and their characters are too absorbed and self-pitying to be totally compelling.
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Theatrical Release: Nov 17, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: In Neil Armfield's CANDY, Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish play Dan and Candy, two young bohemians who fall madly in love while shooting heroin together. In the beginning, the couple's days are occupied with making love, shoplifting, and having a strung-out wedding day that ends with a lot of... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush, Paul Blackwell, Tom Budge
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Top Critic
Watching Neil Armfield's beautifully directed film Candy is a little like looking through a window and watching pain.
06/15/06
Top Critic
... Candy is a rewarding experience. It may not be one that you will want to return to any time soon, but it is one that you will not soon forget.
07/10/07
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05/12/07
Top Critic
Without real characters or a fresh take on drug addiction, Candy has little to recommend it for anyone who's seen The Basketball Diaries or Requiem for a Dream.
02/06/07
The performances are good, but it would be hard to recommend this to anyone unless you have a lovely daughter who's dating a sleaze-bag and you want her to watch it as a deterrent.
01/19/07
... it feels more like something out of American cinema from the late 1960s or early 70s [and] may say more about the state of Australian film than anything else.
01/11/07
"Candy" won't make anyone forget "Trainspotting" (1996) or "Requiem for a Dream" (2000), but nor will "Candy" let those who see it soon forget the experience.
01/11/07
The question is whether "Candy" is intended to be an honest and unflinching look at the junkie life, or merely trying to top "Trainspotting" and its ilk.
01/04/07
There's no moment that truly feels original until Candy's climactic breakdown at the end of the movie. By then, it's too late.
12/30/06
Those with the stomach for searing drama will recognise superior writing, direction and acting in one of the most heartbreaking films of the year.
12/30/06
Top Critic
Candy is pretty much the standard, downbeat, drug-addicts-in-love tale we've seen repeatedly over the years.
12/29/06
It's not entertainment by any means, but it is riveting and rewarding viewing.
12/29/06
Think of this warts-and-all misadventure as the cinematic equivalent of a 'Just Say No' public service announcement.
12/27/06
A dispiriting, predictable slog toward either (a) redemption or (b) death.
12/22/06
[T]here's a lot of cinematic pleasure to be had in Heath Ledger's thoroughly un-self-conscious performance...
12/16/06
For all its depiction of a descent into drug addiction, Candy is filled with surprisingly sweet moments and goes down more easily than seems possible given the subject matter.
12/15/06
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