Hard Candy- not recommended

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In a slow season for movies, sometimes a bad choice is made. The critics were split on this one. I thought I'd give it a chance.
OK, it is the latest version of Fatal Attraction. Essentially 2 characters all the way through. Neither is sympathetic. What rang most false to me is the behavior of the 14 year old girl. She seems to be a criminal mastermind on the level of Hannibal Lecter. Everything is so carefully and perfectly planned out. It is preposterous. And there are a lot of jarring moments in her too-clever dialogue, for instance a reference to Roman Polanski. Is a 14 yo girl going to be talking about Roman Polanski? This is one brilliant 14 year old. It's basially a long grind through a graphic depiction of torment and a gradual revealing of the truth behind it all. There is the germ of an interesting plot here. But way too much clever banter mixed with mental and physical torment. I found this to be a most unpleasant way to spend a couple of hours. Both actors are fine at what they are asked to do FWIW, but nobody will be getting any award nominations here.

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Topic - Hard Candy- not recommended - tunenut 17:07:02 04/30/06 (7)

Re: The Audition springs to mind... nt - geoffkait 10:26:15 05/01/06 (4)

The Audition was a little deeper... - tunenut 10:42:51 05/01/06 (3)

Audition? Brilliantly creepy: who doesn't cringe when he thinks of that little - tinear 12:58:01 05/01/06 (1)

Actually, it was "kiry... kiry... kiry..." - Victor Khomenko 14:09:02 05/01/06 (0)

Re: The Crush - geoffkait 12:35:13 05/01/06 (0)

Ebert loved it...the sick bastard NT - DWPC 17:36:23 04/30/06 (1)

I respect his recommendattions, other critics also liked it, pretty big split (NT) - tunenut 17:40:18 04/30/06 (0)

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