I decided to watch "Hard Candy" because of its leading actress, Ellen Page, from Juno.
I still haven't decided whether I liked it or not but I can say it was truly disturbing!! The story is about a 14 -year-old girl (Page) who meets a charming 34-year-old in a chat room and she thinks that the man she is talking to is a pedophile and a murderer so she decides that it is her job to teach this guy a lesson in a cruel and unusual ways. Page's character was just so unrealistically mature for her age and the story doesn't really explain why she is the way she is, psychotic and bitter. It seems unlikely that any 14-year-old is capable or will want to do what she did in the film and... I guess I have decided, I didn't really love the film.
Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson's performances were better than the movie it self but if we take the two out of equation, the movie isn't worth watching.
Oh, but I enjoyed seeing Sandra Oh's brief appearance.
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