Hard Candy (2005)

7/10

What a powerful film!

Hard Candy is a very mature film revolving around a 14 year old girl suspecting that a 32 year old guy as a pedophile, goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.

Hard Candy is a very very intense psychological thriller with great acting, powerful film making and well written. The film is, as the title indicates, hard to bite. The film is a disturbing and powerful look at the people we meet online and the issues that surrounds the accessibility of internet age.

The cinematography in Hard Candy is a masterpiece, working very well with the mature and disturbing content of the film. What makes this film so great is that it forces you to use your imagination as it does not present you with all the visuals. The film presents you with shapes, sounds, facial expressions and colours leaving the rest to your imagination. The disturbing moments of the film is actually not at all graphic or gory, the scenes only suggest of what is happening but never showing you anything. The film does not rely on gory/bloody/gross visuals, but on your mind. The uncomfortable feeling you get is all created is all in your head. The close ups to the characters is so gripping adding to the disturbing appeal.

The acting is brilliant! Ellen Page and Wilson's performance is magnificent, making their characters so real.

Hard Candy isn't for everyone as the subject matter and disturbing content is hard to take. That being said, this film is very powerful and thrilling! If you want a good drama/thriller and is prepared for surgical related scenes, then this is definitely your film!!