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Loved it *****(Five Stars) |
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This is an intense psychological thriller / borderline
horror film with incredible performances by both
Ellen Page (a 14
year old eighth grader named Haley) and
Patrick Wilson (Jeff
a totally hot 32 year old camera man) and they are not
only the two principle actors but they are basically the
only two people in the film with lines, and it is mostly
shot inside his Los Angeles home. I was shocked to find
out this was director
David Slade's
first film, it was a remarkable, spectacular, powerful,
brilliant and yet disturbing. A film about a sensitive
and little discussed topic of older men meeting young
girls off the Internet. He was truly able to capture
not only the characters inner thoughts and emotions as
they vary from naive and desperate to fear and loathing,
but he was also able to showcase his subjects with
intense and spectacular camera angles. Wow, watch out
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This journey only spends a mere and yet reasonable 20
minutes on its background and character development before
it leaps into the intense drama of this film. And yes it is
just that Intense, and it does not let up until the very
end, you will be sitting in absolute shock and horror during
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Don't miss the beginning they meet over the Internet in a
chat room with the alias's "ThongGIRL" and "LenseMan" they
talk for a few months before Haley has her big sister drop
her off at this coffee shop to meet Jeff.
Patrick Wilson was
utterly amazing and powerful in his performance as a
pedophile, he was completely gorgeous, utterly charming and
adorable yet in reality he was sick and twisted and didn't
even realize or he didn't want to admit he had a problem.
His emotions and character development in this film were
incredible and extremely realistic. In fact both of the
characters are real, people we could really and truly meet
on the street or in your church, or at the club, they were
not cartoon-ized or creations of fantasy they were real and
that hit home even more. Watch out this could happen to me,
and it will change your mind or at least make you second
guess meeting people from the Internet. The best thing
about this film is it causes you as the audience to stretch
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You watch in amazement as this little naive teenage girl who
appears to be so innocent and yet she truly controls the
entire situation. She is super smart and has master mind
everything that is about to happen. Ellen
Page was so brilliant and amazing I don't know
how they were able to find a child actor that could pull off
such a touch role with total accuracy. This movie was
painful to watch but you couldn't bring yourself to look
away or to leave the theatre you had to know what was going
to happen and what she was going to get away with. |
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By the way this is not a gore movie and you never see lots
of blood, which at first I was disappointed and felt they
were not letting me in on what was actually happening, that
was until it was explained why we were not able to see. |
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Lady's and Gentle man you must go see this film, it is
painful to watch especially for the men, or those still with
their men's parts. The script is utterly amazing and truly
brilliant. As an audience its interesting how we move our
sympathies from one character to the other, and then we
realize no matter how it ends, everyone is guilty of
something truly terrible. WOW I cannot believe how amazing
this movie is.
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Hard Candy
Drama and Thriller. A smart, charming teenage girl, Hayley
probably shouldn't be going to a local coffee shop to meet
Jeff, a 30-something fashion photographer she met on the
Internet. But Hayley's ready to have fun, and soon she's
mixing screwdrivers at Jeff's place and stripping for an
impromptu photo shoot. It's Jeff's lucky night--until his
vision blurs and he passes out. Turns out Hayley isn't as
innocent as she looks after all. In fact, she has a lot on
her mind. Like getting Jeff to confess to his penchant for
teenage girls--and to what he did to Donna Mauer, the girl
who disappeared from Jeff's favorite coffee shop. When Jeff
awakens, he's tied to a chair. If he doesn't cooperate,
Hayley has something to help him along--a little surgical
procedure she picked up on the Internet. All she needs is an
ice pack. And a knife. 99 minutes. MPAA Rating: R (for
disturbing violent and aberrant sexual content involving a
teen, and for language). |
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Showing at Sunrise Cinemas |
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