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Candy (DVD)

Abbie Cornish (actor), Heath Ledger (actor) and Neil Armfield (director)
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Review

Movieline's Hollywood Life, 11/01/2006, p.103, "[Heath Ledger demonstrates his versatility....Abbie Cornish is equally compelling..."

New York Times, 11/17/2006, p.E20, "[N]icely directed by Neil Armfield....[The film] features striking performances from Heath Ledger and Geoffrey Rush."

Total Film, 12/01/2006, p.40, 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The actors] inject humour, smarts and class into a tale that's no less powerful for the retelling."

Entertainment Weekly, 03/30/2007, p.59, "Ledger and Cornish have bounteous chemistry as a junkie couple..." -- Grade: B

Sight and Sound, 12/01/2006, p.48, "Armfield does draw compelling performances from his young stars. In addition, Garry Phillips' dreamy cinematography and a thoughtfully selected soundtrack help create a seductively melancholy atmosphere..."

Ultimate DVD, 06/01/2007, p.116, 4 stars out of 5 -- "[U]tterly compelling, helped by brave and outstanding performances from both Ledger and Cornish."

Title Note

Theatrical Release: November 17, 2006

Release Note

DVD Features:

Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Subtitles - Spanish - Optional
Closed Caption - English
Additional Release Material:
Production Interview - Cast Interviews
Trailer - Trailer Gallery

Product Notes

In Neil Armfield's CANDY, Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish play Dan and Candy, two young bohemians who fall madly in love while shooting heroin together. In the beginning, the couple's days are occupied with making love, shoplifting, and having a strung-out wedding day that ends with a lot of giggling over a couple of Big Macs. Despite Candy's disapproving parents, they cling to each other with a fierceness that shuts out any and all outside criticism. When funds or drugs are low they pop by the house of a pharmacology professor named Casper (Geoffrey Rush), who uses his professional expertise to supply them with pharmaceutical-grade heroin. As the reality of their addiction creeps to the forefront, they must turn to desperate measures to get their fix. Candy becomes a prostitute, and Dan a thief and con man. When Candy discovers she's pregnant, they decide to go cold turkey, but the horrific side effects of withdrawal result in a miscarriage. The two tumble into despair, and opt to move to the country to try methadone treatments. Candy's depression soon blooms into a full-blown nervous breakdown, and as her parents finally usher her into rehab, Dan returns to his friend Casper for comfort, only to find him dead of an overdose.

Heroin abuse--with its soaring highs and inevitable crash--has been well-documented in many films. However, CANDY brings something fresh to the story with its focus on the doomed junkie love affair. Candy and Dan tumble into each other much in the same way they descend into addiction--with a white-hot, desperate need that blinds them to reality. It's a moving, realistic portrait of how that kind of all-encompassing, obsessive love can sometimes be just as powerful as any drug, and just as hard to kick.

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5 out of 5 stars Candy, February 1, 2008
By Jeremy
This movie is a homerun. As far as im concerned this film casts a big shadow on Broke Back Mountain. Definitely add Candy to your must see list.

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