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12/01/06
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
...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
Unfortunately too many elements of this Australian feature have been recycled from other addiction stories...
12/01/06
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
... for a druggie movie, "Candy" is surprisingly dynamic and involving ...
11/30/06
Top Critica rough movie to watch, but the acting performances make it worth it.
11/30/06
As good as the main performances are, they're inevitably flatter than the language of the film's narrator.
11/30/06
... a flawed but engrossing parable on love and sacrifice.
11/30/06
Rehab comes not a moment too soon.
11/30/06
[Heath Ledger] is alive and awake and interesting every minute of Candy.
11/30/06
In this brief, brutal moment of Candy's voice, the film is almost something new. But she exists, at last, beyond Dan and beyond Candy.
11/25/06
Never mind the neo-psychedelic-pop soundtrack and occasional double-vision cinematography: Dope just can't account for the film's fried brain cells.
11/20/06
For Ledger, it's the opportunity to do the sort of flat-out, high-risk role young actors often claim to be desperate for, but are rarely willing to chase.
11/20/06
I think it’s a very strong effort.
11/20/06
This may be a good film to take the kiddies to if you want to scare them. Sort of like those car crash films in driver's ed. But it's generally not worth it.
11/18/06
... doesn't add anything substantively new to [the story of heroin addiction], though it has been nicely directed by Neil Armfield ...
11/17/06
Top CriticIn the end, Candy is a little too sweet and not quite harmful enough to the audience's health.
11/17/06
When the film ends, you may want to stay in the dark theater where you can simply dig a hole under your seat and not have to face the bad, bad world.
11/17/06
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
... Neil Armfield's film hits hard ...
11/17/06
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March 13, 2007:
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December 07, 2006:
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