Hard Candy (2006)

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CinemaSource

Rating: R

Release Date: Apr 14, 2006

Running Time: 99 mins.

Additional Notes: dialogue English

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Ellen Page, Patrick Wilson, Sandra Oh, Gilbert John, Odessa Rae, Erin Kraft, Cori Bright

director: David Slade

Hard Candy

A smart, charming teenage girl, Hayley probably shouldn't be going to a local coffee shop to meet Jeff, a 30-something fashion photographer she met on the Internet. But before she knows it, she's mixing drinks at Jeff's place and stripping for an impromptu photo shoot. It's Jeff's lucky night. But Hayley isn't as innocent as she looks, and the night takes a turn when she begins to impose a hard-hitting investigation on Jeff in an attempt to reveal his possibly scandalous past.

A revenge dream tale for the ctrl-alt-delete crowd, Hard Candy is not for the faint of heart. It's Saw meets Extremities meets Ghost World--creepy from the start but lacking in some credibility.

Story

As a thriller, the film grinds its teeth and drives its heels into the ground, focusing on a bloody battle between a 14-year-old sociopath and 32-year-old pedophile. Cherubic Hayley (Ellen Page) meets fashion photographer/sex troll Jeff (Patrick Wilson) at a coffee shop after flirting on the…