Hard to watch at first ...

[Andreas]

... but boy, that movie turns out good.
Just watched Hard Candy, not an easy film, but i liked it very much :)

Anyone else here seen it?

[Kwalish Kid]

I have a copy, but I have not yet watched it.

[Varaj]

All the previews I've seen put it as a torture film. Those films I can't watch. (Things like Saw, Hostel, etc.)

[Lisa Nadazdy]

All the previews I've seen put it as a torture film. Those films I can't watch. (Things like Saw, Hostel, etc.)


Same here. Those kinds of films don't strike me as entertainment.

[Sobek]

Same here. Those kinds of films don't strike me as entertainment.

Likewise.

[BOZ]

The Saw series is more about sadistic psychological torture than it is physical (though, most often, the villain gets people to hurt/kill themselves and/or other people by manipulating them).

Hostel is absolutely about physical torture and killing.

but yeah, if you don't like any of that stuff at all, i could understand.

[Andreas]

Well, this movie is not about torture but about psychological warfare...

This review from the imdb sums it up well:

I was lucky enough to be in one of the first test audiences for this film in Los Angeles. Knowing nothing about the film except that it's being described as suspense/horror, and stars Patrick Wilson and a 14 year old girl, I went in expecting another bad to mediocre slash film. I couldn't have been more wrong!

Hard Candy is an intense psychological drama, with incredible performances by both Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson. The two actors are practically the only two people with lines in the film, aside from some brief appearances by Sandra Oh and Jennifer Holmes. Thusfar I have only seen Wilson in The Alamo and Phantom of the Opera, but I was blown away with how he handled this performance. The slow, suspenseful film is set mainly in the Los Angeles home of photographer Jeff, a 32 year old man whom Hayley, a mature 14 year old girl who met him online, suspects to be a pedophile. The pacing was steady, and phenomenal - after a brief exposition we get into the real suspense about 20 minutes into the film, and it doesn't let up from there. The cinematography and camera work went excellently with the film. Rather than being extremely gory, the adult themes of the film lead to a more psychological creepiness. There are also questions that remain unanswered until the end of the film, when everything is wrapped up nicely - leaving you puzzled to the true identities and motives of the characters throughout most of the duration.

Horror films are not my cup of tea, but psychological drama is. An early fall release date has been rumored, and I can only hope this movie doesn't get lost in the shuffle between summer blockbusters and Oscar season. I also hope Lion's Gate markets this film for what it is, and doesn't try to aim for fans of slash, or a teen crowd.

[shabois]

I heard it was good but never saw it. I think the Saw series is neat because the villian gives people a choice to live. they just have to submit to some form of torture to pass his "tests".