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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 28 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3739
Category: DVD
Actors: Abbie Cornish, Heath Ledger, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Budge, Roberto Meza-mont
Director: Neil Armfield
Publisher: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Studio: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Brand: Image Entertainment
Label: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 108 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: THKD54995D
UPC: 821575549950
EAN: 0821575549950
ASIN: B000LAZDPG
Release Date: March 27, 2007
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
Oscar-nominee Heath Ledger stars as Dan, a charming but reckless young poet who falls in love with Candy (Abbie Cornish), a beautiful young student who is attracted to his bohemian lifestyle. In order to get closer to Dan, Candy joins him in his drug addiction. Their passionate relationship then alternates between bursts of ecstatic oblivion and bouts of despair and self-destruction. Hooked as much on heroin as one another, their story becomes an intense love triangle ? a boy, a girl, and a drug.
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 Chilling January 2, 2009
While I detest watching people shoot drugs, I wanted to see this movie because of Heath Ledger. I'd just watched 10 Things I Hate About You. Ledger was a brilliant young actor whose demise makes the irony of the film all the more relevant. He was nominated for the Oscar for Brokeback Mountain (Widescreen Edition) & won the award from film critics associations in Las Vegas, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco & St. Louis. As Dan, Ledger goes to the heights of romance & depths of addiction. His commitment to his work is breathtaking.
Abbie Cornish is amazing as Candy. She was recently in Stop-Loss and "Elizabeth: the Golden Age." Her performance is as emotionally revealing as it is physically. She fully embodies the role from anger to dementia. The short scene where she plays with honey dripping from a table is chilling in its simplicity.
Candy's parents also do excellent work in this film. Tony Martin plays the loving father Mr. Wyatt who always looks on the bright side and struggles to believe the best. His strident wife who chronically fights with her daughter and finds fault with her is played with great panache by Noni Hazelhurst.
Neil Armfield directed the film with a screenplay by Luke Davies based on his book. The movie is gripping and moves well, while the performances are breathtaking. The DVD extras with Ledger talking about the role are interesting. He said that this was a very hard film to do. It was also a very hard film to watch. While this was well done, the subject matter makes it a film that I'm glad to have seen one time only. Enjoy!
 So Much Love October 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I picked up this movie because I love the actor Heath Ledger. I was thrilled with this movie the entire time I watched it. It was definately something new for me in the way of a drug movie, but it wasn't completely about the heroin. It was also about love. There was love for each other, and love of the drug. Through the entire movie the viewer is left to figure out which love is paramount.
Heath did an amazing job portraying Dan. And Abbie Cornish did a very good job playing the title character Candy. The supporting cast was also very good and helped tie the movie together.
I will definately be purchasing a copy of this movie because it does say a lot about the relationships people have with each other, and how an addiction, be it anything, can effect them. I learned a lot watching this and it prompted me to read the book, which is also worth your time.
Fantastic movie! October 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I absolutely adored this movie. I consider myself very picky when it comes to movies, but I really enjoyed this one. I was hesitant to like it, not a huge Abbie Cornish fan, but I really like Heath Ledger and Geoffrey Rush. This film really sucks you into a lifestyle. If you are squemish about nudity or language, this film is not for you, I however am just fine with those charactaristics in a movie, and could look past them to see the bigger picture. I enjoyed the artistry and the symbolism used in Candy, and over the whole film. Not great for the whole family, but great for someone with an open mind and artistic eye.
Everlasting love in a vial October 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
'Candy' is an Australian film, a love story between two junkies. The movie divides itself into three parts: Heaven, Earth, and He||. Dan (played by talented and memorable Heath Ledger - RIP Heath) and Candy (Abbie Cornish) have a love that's true. Their highs are high and their lows are low. At one point, after spiking up and nodding off during their wedding reception at Candy's parents, they sit outside McDonald's sipping chocolate shakes and declaring "We're the coolest people at McDonald's".
Their days are spent hitting up friends and family for money, stealing, hawking what possessions they have, and finally turning to prostitution to feed their heroin habits. They speak of the clean life, yet scoff at it when their next fix is due. Best friend Casper (Geoffrey Rush) winds out taking them in. Casper is their homo$exual father figure and sometimes provider. Dan and Candy's lifestyles go up and down, depending on their drug use. Candy confesses to a rent-collector that "I'm a prostitute and he's worthless, we don't have any money". Their lives deteriorate though pregnancy, miscarriage, and eventual nervous breakdown. Can a love this true withstand the trials of heroin, heartbreak, time, and tragedy?
The movie is based on the novel 'Candy' written by Luke Davies. (Watch for Davies in the film, in his cameo of the milkman) The novel is one of the best books I've ever read, Davies puts a whisper of poetry into his words, making them beautiful and hypnotic. While the movie stays close to the book, there is the added role of Casper, and the fact that Dan and Candy fight more in the film than in the book. Certain parts are left out, like the lazy day spent picking crabs off each other. If you like the movie, you really MUST read the book. The acting is superb in this film (what a tragedy to lose Heath Ledger). The costume designer captured the "look" of the addict, especially with Dan's greasy, unkept look. The script was well done and the atmosphere is perfect. Rent first, then buy. Enjoy!
An Absolutely Beautiful Movie October 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I finally got the chance to watch "Candy" with Heath Ledger (R.I.P. Heath) and Abbie Cornish and I loved it. Very intense. You can't help but fall in love and feel the emotions of these characters as they go through the struggles of drug addiction, love, life and loss. I am so glad I have added this to my movie collection.
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