Hard Candy (2005)

Strangers shouldn't talk to little girls.


Ellen Page, best known for her work in "Juno" (2007), acts as a 14 year old girl who meets a much older photographer (Patrick Wilson) on the internet. Suspecting him to be a pedophile, she invites herself to his house, in an attempt to expose him.

Hard Candy (internet slang for an underage girl) is an intense psychological thriller, exceeding in both storyline and cinematography: a rare occasion where both acting and film making compliment each other in a low budget (so low, the producer had once planned on filming in his own house) independent film. The low budget also shows itself with only 9 minutes of music in the entire film, with ambient noises the majority of the soundtrack.

Hard Candy is a fast-paced, thought provoking, and completely exceeded all expectation. I would recommend it to anybody in need of a good psychological thriller, or even just a damned good movie, for that's exactly what Hard Candy is.




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Edit:

Just in case you get disappointed, thinking this was Madonna's new album:

Screw you, screw her, screw that, this movie deserves more, the name deserves more!

Eurgh. Freaking Madonna...

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