Candy is a rather bland and drawn out addiction movie. It goes through the motions and never fully grasped my attention. There are some moments of intrigue though. The acting was solid, but nothing great. Although I am not a fan of the film, I am a little surprised is has not...( read more)
Abbie Cornish, Garry McDonald, Geoffrey Rush
Candy is a beautiful young painter in the first throes of love with a sometimes-poet named Dan. Their life is so romantic and their love so intoxicating that they care only for pleasure. Heroin, they ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 27, 2007
Stats: 2,154 reviews
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August 5, 2009
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September 5, 2008
Candy is a poetic yet very raw and no-nonsense portrait of drug addiction, as lived by Daniel and Candace. Both are very much in love with each other and carry idealistic existences in which drugs play a very central role. As is to be expected, everything is gold-showered an sug...( read more)
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August 29, 2008
"We had a lot going for us. We'd found the secret glue that held all things together. In a perfect place, where the noise did not intrude, our world was so very complete."
Candy is an incredibly beautiful and powerful drama that kept me engrossed and compelled within th...( read more) -
August 14, 2008
Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish star as two twentysomething heroine addicts in Australian director Neil Armfield's Candy, the story of how drugs affect the couple love and lives. Cornish plays the title character who has fallen for the poet Dan and also proceeds to fall into the d...( read more)
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October 27, 2009
And another drug-addict film hits the theaters!
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The result? Errr... Damn, I don't know. It has a poetical tone and smart photography, but it doesn't contribute to provide the questionings and powerful statements that other films of the genre achieved to impose. Nice perform...( read more) -
October 26, 2009
And I thought it would be just another junkie movie.
It actually changed my whole perspective in junkie movies... I'm not a really big fan of Heath Ledger, but his performance here is outstanding.
Surprisingly stunning film.
Critic Reviews
There's a formula here, and it's not the liquid being shot into popping veins. full review
As good as the main performances are, they're inevitably flatter than the language of the film's narrator. full review
I'm not sure there's a lot more to say about heroin addiction, but if there is, Candy doesn't say it. full review
An Australian rendition of Requiem for a Dream in which pretty people live in filth, steal from their relatives, and turn tricks in order to satiate their narcotics cravings. full review
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August 3, 2008http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8y94CA7a4A&feature=related
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August 19, 2007its a great tragedy abiie cornish and heath ledger's performances are too real i cant stand feel pity for them and its an easy job to feel the romance between the two ,also the soundtracks are awesome especialy the oppening scene takes me in the movie from the first moment.
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July 15, 2007i read the book first before i saw the movie. i think that the movie kinda exaggerated the whole story. candy had a miscarriage months before dan and her went through the withdrawal days.... i suggest to read the novel together with the film. :)
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