This 2005 psychological thriller concentrates on the world of internet confrontations and sexual pedophilia. Hayley, played by EllenPage, is convinced that Jeff, actor Patrick Wilson, is a sexual predator and has what unfolds in this gruesome plot coming. Throughout this movie I found myself going back and forth trying to decide who actually is the protagonist and who is the antagonist. Perhaps that's what writer Brian Nelson wanted, who has done other TV shows. Hard Candy is quite tasteful at asking justifiable questions of the audience, so that must be just another to add to Nelson's list.
Ellen Page is from movies like Inception, Juno, and X-Men 3; I was surprised that I have never seen this indy film before. She's always good in every role she plays. However, her haircut annoyed me in this movie.
Patrick Wilson was the Nite Owl in Watchmen and is scheduled to star in a CBS drama entitled A Gifted Man in this upcoming 2011–12 season. I watched the exclusive preview below and it reminded me a lot of The Mentalist if Patrick Jane worked in a hospital, instead of with the CBI. Surprisingly a lot of familiar faces in this "iffy" preview.
The movie Phone Booth came to mind when I saw Hard Candy. For the most part, both of them have only one setting, be it just in a phone booth or at Jeff's house. And, ironically they both scored a 7.2 User Rating on IMDb.
The cast for the movie was only five people long in the credits. This is probably the first and only time I can list them all without providing a link to the IMDb page. But, what's the point anyways. I did recognize one of the women from the comedy Sideways though.
7/10 Stars.
"A fun little psycho-thriller" ~The Nuz Journal
Ellen Page is from movies like Inception, Juno, and X-Men 3; I was surprised that I have never seen this indy film before. She's always good in every role she plays. However, her haircut annoyed me in this movie.
Patrick Wilson was the Nite Owl in Watchmen and is scheduled to star in a CBS drama entitled A Gifted Man in this upcoming 2011–12 season. I watched the exclusive preview below and it reminded me a lot of The Mentalist if Patrick Jane worked in a hospital, instead of with the CBI. Surprisingly a lot of familiar faces in this "iffy" preview.
The movie Phone Booth came to mind when I saw Hard Candy. For the most part, both of them have only one setting, be it just in a phone booth or at Jeff's house. And, ironically they both scored a 7.2 User Rating on IMDb.
The cast for the movie was only five people long in the credits. This is probably the first and only time I can list them all without providing a link to the IMDb page. But, what's the point anyways. I did recognize one of the women from the comedy Sideways though.
7/10 Stars.
"A fun little psycho-thriller" ~The Nuz Journal