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Hard Candy - 2006

Movie Reviews -- week of 5/1/2006

HARD CANDY

RATING
3 out of 4 Stars
CAST & CREW
Patrick Wilson, Sandra Oh, Jennifer Holmes
THEATRICAL RELEASE
April 14, 2006
MPAA RATING
R, for disturbing violence, sexual content, language
RUNTIME
1 hour, 43 minutes
RELEASE COMPANY
Lions Gate Films
GENRE
Drama, Thriller

Review: You'll think you have this one pegged in the first ten minutes, but you will be so wrong! An internet chat session results in a liaison between a young teenage girl, Hayley (Ellen Page), and a 30-something male predator, Jeff (Patrick Wilson), takes off like a rocket but ends up like “Misery.” You'll be glued to the screen for the duration of this disturbing, but riveting film.

Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson deliver intensely convincing performances as Hayley and Jeff. Together they supply the bulk of this driving psychological thriller. Most scenes are set in Jeff’s apartment/ photo studio and consist of intense interaction between the two principals. Director David Slade has the audience in the palm of his hands by the first 20 minutes of the film, and then he begins to apply pressure.

by Mary Morgan is a member of the St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association.

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