Candy | 
 enlarge | Director: Neil Armfield
Actors: Abbie Cornish, Heath Ledger, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Budge, Roberto Meza-mont
Studio: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Category: DVD
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 5124
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 108
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: THKD54995D
UPC: 821575549950
EAN: 0821575549950
ASIN: B000LAZDPG
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: March 27, 2007
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Product Description
Dan a charming but reckless young poet falls in love with candy a beautiful young student who is attracted to his bohemian lifestyle. In order to get closer to dan candy joins him in his drug addiction. Hooked as much on heroin as one another their story becomes an intense love triangle - a boy a girl & a drug. Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 03/27/2007 Starring: Heath Ledger Abbie Cornish Run time: 108 minutes Rating: R
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 Brilliant and absorbing February 1, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Sadly I give my review after Heath Ledger's death...I have watched this movie several times in bits and pieces over the past two months and have gotten something new from it each time. I got the chance to sit and watch the whole thing through on January 21st. This movie sucks you in and holds your attention.
It runs the gambit of emotions. It made me cry with their losses; it made me mad they had no strength; and when their spirits broke - well, you'll just need to watch it. This is a story from a bright beginning down the dark path to an ending that was beautifully perfomed and which put Heath Ledger in the top 3 on my list of favorite actors. I already miss the movies we will never see from this man.
A Poignant Little Drug Drama April 3, 2007
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
"Candy" is a poignant little drama dealing with both drugs and a relationship, and more specifically the drugs that affect that relationship.
Heath Ledger gives one of his best performances as Dan, a heroin addict who meets Candy (Abbie Cornish), at first a young innocent girl. Immediately, Dan and Candy become inseparable wanting to do everything together. Pretty soon, Candy is also a heroin addict and the couple are scrambling to get money to feed their habit...Meanwhile, there is their friend Casper (Geoffrey Rush, who gives Oscar-worthy supporting work) who both encourages them to quit, but supplies them when they need any.
Now, I've seen a lot of drug movies, great ones (Requiem for a Dream, Spun, A Scanner Darkly, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Jesus' Son, etc.); But never until this one have I seen a drug movie that could actually convince people to stop doing drugs or to never do them at all. The filmmakers went incredibly realistic for their portrayal of drug use and how it affects people and many of the scenes were painful to watch. The withdrawal scene in particular is agonizing, as is the following "labor" scene...All the performances in this film are incredible; Especially Ledger, Rush, and Cornish. The script, based on a novel by Luke Davies, doesn't go for all the cliches that have made up many other movies before it. "Candy" is a movie that had it not been such a small production, it could've scored some Oscar nominations...This is a great little film and I highly recommend that if you're reading this you see it.
GRADE: A
Realistic and sad May 12, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This film is a very bittersweet love story about two heroin addicts. Bittersweet might not be the word, as it is rather depressing. Extremely realistic portrayl of drug addiction. Very moving film with some scenes that are very difficult to watch. It is a rather errie performance from Heath Ledger it being one of his last. Geoffry Rush is wonderful as usual. Great cast, good movie.
Heath's most underrated performance August 9, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This movie is very touching movie about how drugs can affect relationships. I believe it is one of Heath Ledger's greatest works. His performance as Dan is heartbreaking. Every Heath Ledger fan should see this movie. He and Abbie Cornish deserved Oscar nominations for their performances. This movie will make you both cry and laugh as you see Candy/Dan's relationship and addictions progress.
A Terrifying Ode to Addictive Passions of Human Need April 4, 2007
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
I watched the movie "Candy" because the description on back of the DVD made me think it might have something significant to say about how poets manage to cultivate their creative gifts in the face of the world's harsh and often unforgiving realities. It was actually more about fueling delusions of escape from those realities through drug addiction and placing more burdens on love than it can sometimes bear.
At the center of this brilliantly artful and emotionally powerful drama are the young hopeful artist named Candy and the would-be poet Dan. Both are emotionally damaged individuals who lead each other through a nightmare maze of drug addiction into a junkie's hell of destitution, prostitution, theft, and death.
The film, based on Luke Davies' novel, does raise some important questions about how much we can or should expect out of an individual's capactity for love. The subject more and more artists seem to be examining these days. Creative acts of poetry--such as actually writing, performing spoken word, being inspired, etc.--do not make up the core of this extraordinary film. BUT: the soul-numbing angst suffered by the principle characters does build to one dynamic slam of a poem that makes real artistic and spiritual sense out of Candy's and Dan's horrible personal ordeal.
Actress Abbie Cornish absolutely astounds in her portrayal of the title character. The exceptionally gifted Heath Ledger provides yet another off-the-chain performance that demonstrates why he's destined to eventually win the Academy Award that eluded him for "Brokeback Mountain." Other ensemble members, including the phenomenal Oscar-winning Geoffrey Rush, Noni Hazlehurst, and Tony Martin, are never anything less than perfect in their supporting roles.
by Aberjhani
author of I Made My Boy Out of Poetry
and The Harlem Renaissance Way Down South
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