Hard Candy DVD Report

Print: Good - Sound: Good - Label: Lionsgate - Cover: Good - Format: 16:9 - Length: 1h40m/1h36m - Before: No - Again: No - Price: £1 - Rating: 3/10.

Hard Candy is billed as a claustrophobic and tightly wound psychological thriller, constantly pulling the rug out from under the viewers feet due to the tense, explosive performances of its two main characters. However I beg to differ!

The tale opens with a coffee shop rendezvous between 14-year-old Haley Stark (Ellen Page) and 32-year-old fashion photographer Jeff Kohlver (Patrick Wilson), who have met in an internat chat room. Despite his questionable enthusiasm at meeting a girl half his age, Jeff comes off as slightly awkward and shy. To cut a long story short, she goes back to his house with him, drugs him, ties him up, under the idea he is a paedophile.

Although its surprising what this fictional 14-year-old will do, its all predictable stuff, no twists even, I ended up fast-forwarding through scenes, there is no incidental music, and only 2 people in it for most of the movie!

Here is the trailer.