It leaves Ledger and Cornish all smacked up with nowhere to go.
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11/11/06
Candy (2006)
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Reviews Counted:74
Fresh:36
Rotten:38
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.
Theatrical Release:03-11-2006
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... [More]
Starring: Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush, Paul Blackwell
Director: Neil Armfield
Reviews for Candy
Top CriticBoth actors put in terrific performances while the film captures the grim, grinding cycle of dependence just perfectly. But for all that, it’s very hard to get excited about a film with so little to say about [such] rich topics.
11/15/06
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 CriticAn excellent, heartfelt film to compare with Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream.
11/15/06
Top CriticHarrowing and strongly moving, this junkie drama beautifully explores the emotional core of its characters. It helps, of course, that the cast is this good.
11/15/06
[A] slightly over-familiar but neatly told story of a sexual/romantic passion at once partly fuelled and blighted by drug addiction.
10/28/06
Top CriticImpressively directed, moving and frequently harrowing drama with strong performances from both Cornish and Ledger.
11/16/06
"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
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
...Because we never had a strong handle on who all these people were at the beginning, it's difficult to care about whether they're capable of redemption in the end.
12/01/06
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05/12/07
Just because you're a poet and in love and jamming spikes in your veins in the deepest downest underer, it doesn't make you Nick Cave.
12/14/06
Though it's a well-worn story, Candy does touch on a universal anxiety. For two people basking in the heat of an all-consuming love, what happens when the power gets cut off?
11/17/06
Think of this warts-and-all misadventure as the cinematic equivalent of a 'Just Say No' public service announcement.
12/27/06
It's one thing for a movie to show us the perils of addiction. It's another for it to give us two people who can't seem to find any joy in it.
12/01/06
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04/23/09
Candy is a terribly obvious road-to-ruin movie that's bound to produce cavities.
11/17/06
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
Unfortunately too many elements of this Australian feature have been recycled from other addiction stories...
12/01/06
[Heath Ledger] is alive and awake and interesting every minute of Candy.
11/30/06
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March 13, 2007:
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Just in time for the DVD release of "Casino Royale" comes word, via IGN, of rumors regarding who'll vamp it up opposite Daniel Craig in the inevitable next Bond movie.... More...
December 07, 2006:
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