Review of Hard Candy (2005) by Erin M — 10 Mar 2014

This movie is another stereotypical case of an independent film making experimenting just for the sake of being different. Ignoring the fact that it's not good, just different.

The biggest mistake is that the main theme of the film is muddled at best. The antagonists is supposed to be the "good guy", but is portrayed as the villain. The protagonists is in reality the "monster" but we are forced to care and worry about him.

The movie runs through different situations to help understand the motives of the main character, but nothing is given to us to even care about her. This part was executed so horrible that most people wish ill on the good person.

Also, the theme of this film is clear man vs. man (good vs. evil). However the way this is shown portrays good in an evil way. Which is evil vs. evil. Once again, no clear person to root for.

Lastly. The direction was horrible. The movie is filled with extreme close ups, so extreme that for the most part you couldn't even see the entire head. This is the experimentation part that I mentioned early. It was rather sickly and annoying. I found it very annoying as did the rest of my friends.

In conclusion, this movie was made for the shock factor and that's it. The writing is irritating, and out of place. The action is off key and unwarranted, and the bad guy get our sympathy. The situations are unrealistic and their choices in said situations are just silly.