Candy (2006) Rank 2 Reviews

Washington Post (Desson Thomson)

Cornish provides a counterbalance for Ledger's authoritative presence, turning what could have been just another heroin movie into a flawed but engrossing parable on love and sacrifice. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)

filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)

Director Armfield coaxes excellent performances from his performers, almost making up for the thinness of the material ...read the complete Candy movie review at filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)

The Hollywood Reporter (Richard James Havis)

As the characters' lives fall apart, Ledger fails to bring the necessary gravitas to the role, and he looks a bit too healthy throughout. ...read the complete Candy movie review at The Hollywood Reporter (Richard James Havis)

Variety (Russell Edwards)

Life, love and addiction make a mostly bitter, but occasionally sweet, concoction in Oz drama Candy, which is sometimes hard to swallow. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Variety (Russell Edwards)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)

Ledger mumbles his entire performance (some of it barely legible) as a fuzzy, friendly, happily passive heroin addict and sometime poet, as if he's too blissed out to even open his mouth as he simply drifts along with his addiction. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)

Cinematical (Kim Voynar)

I overheard some press folks the other day discussing whether to check out the film Candy, and whether it's even possible at this point to make a film about drug addiction and drug addicts, without resorting to the trite and cliched. The thing is, it's ...read the complete Candy movie review at Cinematical (Kim Voynar)

Village Voice (Rob Nelson)

Any drug movie's effectiveness can be measured by the strength of its detox, and Candy doesn't sweeten the cold turkey. Still, it's a downward spiral from there in more ways than one. Never mind the neo-psychedelic-pop soundtrack and occasional ...read the complete Candy movie review at Village Voice (Rob Nelson)

Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)

There's a formula here, and it's not the liquid being shot into popping veins. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)

Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)

...Our time with Candy and Dan, though tediously long, feels superficial. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)

St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))

Director Neil Armfield reaps rewards for the trust he places in his actors. ...read the complete Candy movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))

Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)

Drug addiction is bad. Given the universal consensus on this topic, anyone making a movie about it needs to come up with a fresh approach. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)

Deseret News, Salt Lake City

"Candy" is pretty much the standard, downbeat, drug-addicts-in-love tale we've seen repeatedly over the years. But what separates this Australian version from some others is its cast. While lead actors Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish may not be ...read the complete Candy movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Portland Oregonian (Marc Mohan)

Decent performances aside, the only interesting bits involve Geoffrey Rush as a chemistry professor who enables their self-abuse. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Portland Oregonian (Marc Mohan)

Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)

Junkies, like barn swallows, are patently unthrilling and scrawny and don't live long. Both tend to gravitate toward dim safe havens (West Campus efficiencies, barns), neither is very swift, and rarely does either group have a decent film made about ...read the complete Candy movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)

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moviereview (Colin Fraser)

Although Candy is a film of three parts, itâ��s more often one of two. Thereâ��s an interesting dichotomy in which the colourful pop-stylings of Armfieldâ��s production toys with the ugly reality of his subject. Heroin addiction is seldom attractive, yet ...read the complete Candy movie review at moviereview (Colin Fraser)

Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)

A wildly romanticized Australian druggie drama. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)

Chicago Reader (Meredith Brody)

A story that's reminiscent of the seminal "Panic in Needle ...read the complete Candy movie review at Chicago Reader (Meredith Brody)

New York Post (Kyle Smith)

As the movie's feet get stuck in its own misery, it made me appreciate "Trainspotting" all over again - its wit, how it moved, the way any outcome for its characters seemed possible. ...read the complete Candy movie review at New York Post (Kyle Smith)

Slate (Dana Stevens)

To watch Candy (THINKFilm), the Australian junkies-in-love film starring Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish, is to find yourself immersed, however unwillingly, in your own private celebrity gossip blog. How much of a role did Cornish (a cotton-candy blonde ...read the complete Candy movie review at Slate (Dana Stevens)

Premiere (Scott Warren)

Ledger turns in another stellar performance and Cornish is heartbreakingly good also in this well-crafted film. But once that first plunger is pushed, the surprises are few. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Premiere (Scott Warren)

PopMatters

At once dreary and elegiac, Candy offers a story youâ��ve seen before. That story concerns the fates of two loving, lost addicts, as they seek solace in one another as much as in their drug of choice, here, heroin. The opening credits sequence, wherein ...read the complete Candy movie review at PopMatters

Capital Times (Madison, WI) (Rob Thomas)

The question is whether "Candy" is intended to be an honest and unflinching look at the junkie life, or merely trying to top "Trainspotting" and its ilk. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Capital Times (Madison, WI) (Rob Thomas)

Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)

Hands up if you don't know that drugs are bad for you. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)

New York Times (Manohla Dargis)

... doesn't add anything substantively new to [the story of heroin addiction], though it has been nicely directed by Neil Armfield ... ...read the complete Candy movie review at New York Times (Manohla Dargis)

The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)

Think Romeo & Juliet on Smack. And not only is Romeo & Juliet just about done to death, so to speak, so is the drugs-are-bad-for-ya horror drama. Still, while this rather harrowing story of romance not so much star-crossed as heroin-addled ainâ��t ...read the complete Candy movie review at The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)

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