Hard Candy details
| Format: | 18 DVD |
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| Starring: | Sandra Oh, Patrick Wilson, Ellen Page, Jennifer Holmes |
| Director: | David Slade |
| Genre: | Thriller - General, Psychological |
| Studio: | LIONS GATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Collections: | Premium Titles, Taken |
| Name | Discs | |
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Hard Candy |
18 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 40 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 30 Oct 2006 |
| Main languages: | English |
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Totally gripping
By Melon from East Sussex , 17 Jun 2006[Highly rated reviewer]
This is a tense, edge-of-the-seat two-hander that hits you hard and keeps you guessing right up to the very end. It constantly toys with your emotions, swinging sympathy back and forth between the two characters as their roles shift continuously from predator to prey and back again. Page and Wilson are both breathtakingly good in their parts. Most of the film is played out in long, tight close-ups of their sweating faces, picking out every nuance and look of fear. A tough-as-nails, scary-as-hell movie that really isn't for the faint-hearted, although it does (thankfully) follow the often forgotten rule that what's implied is a hell of a lot more powerful than what's shown.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(586)Gripping stuff.
By Faerie30 (26 reviews) , 13 Feb 2013Some great performances, every time you think you know where this is going it changes direction - it deals with paedophilia so not everyone's cup of tea but nothing graphic.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A perfectly acted and directed nail-biting thriller
By Shinko (25 reviews) from South Wales , 20 Sep 2012Perfectly acted and brilliantly directed, Hard Candy refuses to cave in to the pressure of revealing too much too soon, and opts for slow-burning, clautrophobic, nail biting tension instead.
The acting from the two lead roles is core to the film working; and the use of varying colours and shade by director David Slade works extremely well to portray the lead's emotions and tensions, and helps the film feel highly polished and produced, despite its miniscule budget (below $1m according to Wiki).
Hard Candy is an exceptionally crafted thriller, though not as extreme as most reviews will lead you to believe. Rather than blood-stained sets and the use of extreme violence, it focuses on an intelligent script and brilliant acting instead - and is all the more better for it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Two words? Crap and crap.
By a customer , 19 Aug 2012Awful. Utter, utter crap. Predictable, absolutely no tension and I ended up actually feeling sorry for the nonce. And I'd feel sorry for you too if you bothered to rent this. So don't.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Like going up a -
By oceansized (41 reviews) from Exeter , 13 Jul 2012down escalator ! Just went up and down without going anywhere! just had to fast forward ! shouldn't bother! zzz- Was this review helpful to you?
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great revenge film but no back story
By LJ89 (22 reviews) from London , 19 Jun 2012I totally got the story and the reason for the revenge, but I think the story would be a lot better and make more sense if there was a back story to what he did. Because you don't see any real proof of what he did, it doesnt give you the feeling of wanting to get some serious revenge on him.- Was this review helpful to you?
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