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Candy (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
Candy (Abbie Cornish) and Dan (Heath Ledger) love three things, each other, their old friend and mentor Casper(Geoffrey Rush) and that wonder drug known as heroin. The thing is simple enough: Candy wants candy and bullies her beau Dan into letting her ...read the complete Candy movie review at Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for TotalFilm TotalFilm
Thanks to films like Drugstore Cowboy, Trainspotting and Requiem For A Dream , we have a pretty good idea of the general trajectory of drug addiction. One minute, you’re flying higher than a kite on a heady cocktail of illicit pharmaceuticals; the ...read the complete Candy movie review at TotalFilm
Candy (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Sydney Morning Herald The Sydney Morning Herald
Following their respective successes in Brokeback Mountain and Somersault, Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish play Dan and Candy, the doomed junkie lovers at the heart of this film, adapted from the novel by Luke Davies. The author teamed with Belvoir St ...read the complete Candy movie review at The Sydney Morning Herald
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for TV Guide (Ken Fox)TV Guide (Ken Fox)
Neil Armfield's film hits hard because it sensitively shows how life on drugs can never be about anything else, and how the real horror of addiction is not what users do to themselves, but what they do to each other out of loneliness and despair. ...read the complete Candy movie review at TV Guide (Ken Fox)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Dallas Morning NewsThe Dallas Morning News
Candy, Neil Armfield's searing junkie movie, is told in a serenely observational fashion – the hand-held camera work is as crazy as things get – which is good news, because somebody involved with this picture has to stay clean. ...read the complete Candy movie review at The Dallas Morning News
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Irish Times The Irish Times
THE famous advertising tagline for Bonnie and Clyde - "They're young, they're in love, and they kill people" - could be applied to Candy with a single modification, to indicate that the young lovers in this Australian movie are killing themselves. ...read the complete Candy movie review at The Irish Times
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Reel.comReel.com
So says Geoffrey Rush in the Australian drama Candy. Rush, playing a scientist who supplies a young couple (Abbie Cornish and Heath Ledger) with some of their drugs, is speaking of heroin—the lovers' drug of choice—but he could also be speaking ...read the complete Candy movie review at Reel.com
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Abbie Cornish (from Somersault) follows up her impressive debut with another terrific performance as Candy, a young artist who falls in love with Dan (Heath Ledger), a poet and heroin user, whose addiction she soon comes to share. With their lives ...read the complete Candy movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Sun Newspapers of Cleveland Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
Some couples fall in love and live happily every after. Some couples fall in love, become heroin junkies, get married and lose a baby. The second scenario is told in the new Heath Ledger film, "Candy," in which his poetic Dan falls for the titled ...read the complete Candy movie review at Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
The title of Candy could be seen as referring to the name of one of the main characters, but it's more appropriate in its slang usage as another name for drugs, and perhaps even sex. It's the story of two lovers, Dan (Ledger, Casanova) and Candy ...read the complete Candy movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Last Night With Riviera (Matt Riviera)Last Night With Riviera (Matt Riviera)
Last night I realised I'd been back in Australia a whole week without posting much - distracted by starting work again, finding a new flat and partying with old friends. This doesn't mean I haven't found time for film: Costa Gavras's comedy The Ax ...read the complete Candy movie review at Last Night With Riviera (Matt Riviera)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Impressively directed, moving and frequently harrowing drama with strong performances from both Cornish and Ledger. ...read the complete Candy movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Salon (Andrew O'Hehir)Salon (Andrew O'Hehir)
It's cult-movie week here at Beyond the Multiplex world HQ. What do I mean by that? On some level I don't mean anything: Anybody who's lucky enough to make an independent film and actually get it released hopes it will become a cult movie, hopes it ...read the complete Candy movie review at Salon (Andrew O'Hehir)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for BlackFilm.com (Kam Williams)BlackFilm.com (Kam Williams)
Think of this warts-and-all misadventure as the cinematic equivalent of a 'Just Say No' public service announcement. ...read the complete Candy movie review at BlackFilm.com (Kam Williams)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Both actors are immensely impressive, so perversely appealing that you want them to survive their addiction and keep on with their terrific performances. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for St. Louis Post-DispatchSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
Despite what you might hear on talk radio, there's never been a mainstream movie that's glamorized heroin. From "The Man with the Golden Arm" to "The Panic in Needle Park" and "Requiem for a Dream," the drug has been depicted as a poisonous ...read the complete Candy movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
For all its depiction of a descent into drug addiction, Candy is filled with surprisingly sweet moments and goes down more easily than seems possible given the subject matter. ...read the complete Candy movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for L.A. Daily News L.A. Daily News
Not 10 minutes into the druggie drama "Candy," our titular heroine (not to be confused with the movie's drug of choice) has overdosed in the bathtub after begging her boyfriend, Dan (Heath Ledger), to let her try shooting up his way this time. After ...read the complete Candy movie review at L.A. Daily News
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
a rough movie to watch, but the acting performances make it worth it. ...read the complete Candy movie review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Insiders (Warren Curry)Entertainment Insiders (Warren Curry)
Movies about relationships between drug addicts can be difficult to watch. "Sid and Nancy" and "Requiem for a Dream" are examples of films that revel in punishing their central characters. Unfortunately, the level of brutality they reach can come ...read the complete Candy movie review at Entertainment Insiders (Warren Curry)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
In "Candy,'' his first film since "Brokeback Mountain,'' Heath Ledger returns to Australia to speak in his natural accent and display an exuberance that also comes naturally but was ...read the complete Candy movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Boston GlobeBoston Globe
"Candy," Neil Armfield's searing junkie movie, is told in a serenely observational fashion -- the handheld camerawork is as crazy as things get -- which is good news, because somebody involved with this picture has to stay clean. Based on a novel ...read the complete Candy movie review at Boston Globe
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for MovieMaze.de (Markus Ostertag)MovieMaze.de (Markus Ostertag)
Ab und zu gibt es diese kleinen Perlen, die zwischen den Blockbustern fast unterzugehen drohen. Oftmals findet man sie auf den Festivals, manchmal aber einfach durch Zufälle - der australische Film Candy ist eine solche Perle des Zufalls. Mit Heath ...read the complete Candy movie review at MovieMaze.de (Markus Ostertag)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
Though Candy starts out as a typically oppressive flick about junkies, the film ultimately establishes itself as a surprisingly engaging and emotionally wrenching piece of work. Featuring a pair of absolutely phenomenal performances from Heath Ledger and ...read the complete Candy movie review at Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for BBC FilmsBBC Films
"The world's very bewildering to a junkie," whispers Ledger's voiceover as Dan and Candy spiral into love then addiction. Their first taste of what the godfather of gear William Burroughs once called The Algebra of Need comes soon enough: sensuous ...read the complete Candy movie review at BBC Films
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
It's not entertainment by any means, but it is riveting and rewarding viewing. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
For Ledger, it's the opportunity to do the sort of flat-out, high-risk role young actors often claim to be desperate for, but are rarely willing to chase. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Newsday (Jan Stuart)Newsday (Jan Stuart)
If the characters' trajectory feels pre-ordained, the actors force us to sit up and pay attention with renewed focus. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Newsday (Jan Stuart)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Despite being well made and supremely acted, Candy is a true feel-bad experience. ...read the complete Candy movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
"Candy" won't make anyone forget "Trainspotting" (1996) or "Requiem for a Dream" (2000), but nor will "Candy" let those who see it soon forget the experience. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Lumière ReaderThe Lumière Reader
SOME MOVIES you go to see you can come home, after dinner, a few drinks, a little hit of espresso perhaps, and pen a fairly comprehensive and satisfying review that you feel, cleanly surmises all you thought and felt about that movie. Some movies you can ...read the complete Candy movie review at The Lumière Reader
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
The title of Candy could be seen as referring to the name of one of the main characters, but it's more appropriate in its slang usage as another name for drugs, and perhaps even sex. It's the story of two lovers, Dan (Ledger, Casanova) and Candy ...read the complete Candy movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Guardian (Peter Bradshaw)The Guardian (Peter Bradshaw)
Abbie Cornish and Heath Ledger give performances of absolute conviction in this film by Neil Armfield: an inexpressibly painful study of a young couple whose love is consecrated to heroin, and whose hellish breakdown happens, inevitably, in the drug's ...read the complete Candy movie review at The Guardian (Peter Bradshaw)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for "Tim Voon""Tim Voon"
In general, I am not a fan of movies that have drug addiction as its central theme. Thus movie plummets from heaven to hell in 90 minutes leaving me a little disheartened about how desperate the human condition can become. Ominous dread swept over me, ...read the complete Candy movie review at "Tim Voon"
Candy (2006) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Variety.com (Russell Edwards)Variety.com (Russell Edwards)
Adapted from a novel by co-scripter Luke Davies, pic reps the end of a 15-year cinematic hiatus for Oz legit director Neil Armfield ("Twelfth Night," "The Castanet Club"), who also serves as co- writer. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Variety.com (Russell Edwards)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson)Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson)
After 'Brokeback Mountain' Heath Ledger goes on to a second self-sacrificial role in the reigning standard of gritty and graphic junkie destruction derbies. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
For a druggie movie, Candy is surprisingly dynamic and involving. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Dark, depressing and hard to watch at time ... solid performances, especially from Abbie Cornish, who may be the best new actress to materialize this year. ...read the complete Candy movie review at ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Doesn’t add anything substantively new, though it has been nicely directed by Neil Armfield, known in his country for his theater work, and features striking performances from Heath Ledger and Geoffrey Rush. ...read the complete Candy movie review at The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Heath Ledger gives a strong performance in “Candy,” but the film about a young couple’s disastrous descent into addiction tells so familiar a story that in spite of its many emotionally charged moments it has curiously little overall impact. ...read the complete Candy movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Tim VoonTim Voon
In general, I am not a fan of movies that have drug addiction as its central theme. Thus movie plummets from heaven to hell in 90 minutes leaving me a little disheartened about how desperate the human condition can become. Ominous dread swept over me, ...read the complete Candy movie review at Tim Voon
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Tom Huddleston)Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Tom Huddleston)
The narrative template for the addiction movie is, by now, fairly well established. We begin on a high, a group of characters experiencing the first flush of full-fledged drug abuse: colours are brighter, music sweeter, life is good. Then dependence ...read the complete Candy movie review at Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Tom Huddleston)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
It's nice, in a way, to see a film about drug addicts in which, for a time at least, the addicts really seem to be enjoying themselves. So it is for the first segment of Neil Armfield's Candy, appropriately labeled, "Heaven" (later sections take on ...read the complete Candy movie review at filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for The Arizona Republic The Arizona Republic
Ecstasy, addiction, degradation, despair: The heroin narrative is so drearily familiar, it's a wonder anybody even tries smack anymore. In Candy, the reason is simple: love. ...read the complete Candy movie review at The Arizona Republic
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.68 out of 4 stars for The Onion (A.V. Club) (Noel Murray)The Onion (A.V. Club) (Noel Murray)
Though it's a well-worn story, Candy does touch on a universal anxiety. For two people basking in the heat of an all-consuming love, what happens when the power gets cut ...read the complete Candy movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Noel Murray)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.52 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)
Because although there are some very striking moments in Neil Armfield's debut, there are simply not enough to keep us absorbed the way a movie should. ...read the complete Candy movie review at New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.52 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
The way director and co-adapter Armfield shoots it, the film's awfully pretty in its grimness, in the way "Leaving Las Vegas" managed to make train-wreck alcoholism more fake-lyrical than grungy. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Oregonian (Marc Mohan)Oregonian (Marc Mohan)
A dispiriting, predictable slog toward either (a) redemption or (b) death. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Oregonian (Marc Mohan)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Cinema BlendCinema Blend
One of the most powerful lines in Candy comes from Geoffrey Rush as a heroin addicted chemistry professor warning the script's protagonists about the perils of drug-abuse: "When you can still quit, you don't want to, and when you want to, you ...read the complete Candy movie review at Cinema Blend
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Murphy's Movie Reviews (Ted Murphy)Murphy's Movie Reviews (Ted Murphy)
... it feels more like something out of American cinema from the late 1960s or early 70s [and] may say more about the state of Australian film than anything else. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Murphy's Movie Reviews (Ted Murphy)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for London Daily Mirror (David Edwards)London Daily Mirror (David Edwards)
Both actors put in terrific performances while the film captures the grim, grinding cycle of dependence just perfectly. But for all that, it’s very hard to get excited about a film with so little to say about rich topics such as drug addiction or ...read the complete Candy movie review at London Daily Mirror (David Edwards)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Time OutTime Out
Amour fou, indeed. This slightly over-familiar but neatly told story of a sexual/romantic passion at once partly fuelled and blighted by drug addiction focuses on an engaging young Australian couple: would-be poet Dan (Heath Ledger), and budding young ...read the complete Candy movie review at Time Out
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for The Hollywood Reporter (Richard James Havis)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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Variety (Russell Edwards)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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Desson Thomson)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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.32 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for Cinematical (Kim Voynar)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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (Rob Nelson)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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (Rob Thomas)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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (Meredith Brody)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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Portland Oregonian (Marc Mohan)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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))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))
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for moviereview (Colin Fraser)moviereview (Colin Fraser)
Although Candy is a film of three parts, it’s more often one of two. There’s an interesting dichotomy in which the colourful pop-stylings of Armfield’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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Deseret News, Salt Lake City 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
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Movies For the Masses (Greek)Movies For the Masses (Greek)
Ένα απ' τα πράγματα που σου δείχνει το Candy, είναι η ματαιότητα του να προσπαθείς να ξεφύγεις απ' τον εθισμό. Τον εθισμό δεν τον αποφεύγεις. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Movies For the Masses (Greek)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Kyle Smith)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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Slate (Dana Stevens)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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for PopMattersPopMatters
At once dreary and elegiac, Candy offers a story you’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
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Premiere (Scott Warren)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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Manohla Dargis)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)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)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 ain’t ...read the complete Candy movie review at The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
After Drugstore Cowboy and Trainspotting finally (and brilliantly) stripped away the poetic mythology around drug addiction, Candy once again revives it while simultaneously plunging us back into the cautionary moralism of Days of Wine and Roses. Dan ...read the complete Candy movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Candy (2006) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for San Diego Metropolitan (Jean Lowerison)San Diego Metropolitan (Jean Lowerison)
Here's a prime candidate for your "Films to miss" list. "Candy" is the sordid story of an alleged artist named Dan (Heath Ledger) and art student Candy (Abbie Cornish) who meet, get hooked on each other and on heroin, decide to kick the habit, ...read the complete Candy movie review at San Diego Metropolitan (Jean Lowerison)
Candy (2006) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Slant MagazineSlant Magazine
eroin is bad and, if used for an extended period of time, will ruin your life. That about sums up Candy, an Australian rendition of Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream in which pretty people live in filth, steal from their relatives, and turn tricks ...read the complete Candy movie review at Slant Magazine
Candy (2006) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (Kevin Courrier)Boxoffice Magazine (Kevin Courrier)
Candy is a terribly obvious road-to-ruin movie that's bound to produce cavities. ...read the complete Candy movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Kevin Courrier)
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by Tutz on November 24, 2009
This is an AMAZING film!!! What a complex love story and the chemistry between Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish is just incredible! Love ...
by Nellsyn E. Hill on September 20, 2009
This movie is what made me fall in love with Heath. The entire cast is brilliant. Breaks my heart every time I see it, especially the ending. Beautifully written, Luke Davies is a phenomenal poet/author. I can't get this movie out of my head, it's so ...
by Matthew G. Sherwi... on September 03, 2009
Candy is easily one of the best films about people addicted to heroin (or even drugs in general) that I've seen in quite some while. Although the two young lovers in this story are hooked on heroin, they are also hooked on each other and it is through ...
by abraxasworld "abr... on April 21, 2009
I bought this a while ago from blockbuster and finally watched it last night. I was brought to tears by just the opening scene on that carnival ride where the two play like kids madly in love with eachother. After that i was hooked. i think ledger's ...
by A. Riddick "Lynn" on March 03, 2009
I don't know about you, but Candy chilled me. From beginning to end, I wanted nothing more then for the two characters to continue their mad, intense, romeo & juliet style love. I will not give the story away, but you'll cry, you'll cry and long for ...
by Karla on January 20, 2009
I received the video really fast, and its such a great product of flim. The actors, story and cinematography, all amazing. ...
by Alex on October 29, 2008
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 ...
by S. Rohe "Film Con... on October 22, 2008
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 ...
by K. Blaylock on October 12, 2008
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, ...
by The Talking Fish ... on September 23, 2008
Listen - The bottom line is this: I have not watched "Candy" yet, nor do I plan to. I bought it because Heath Ledger played the Joker in one of the best movies ever made (The Dark Knight) and I wanted to let you all know... in case you hadn't ...

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