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Candy Heath Ledger
stars as Dan – a drug addict in love.
He
doesn’t have a real job and sponges off of a pal, Will Dan and
Candy live happily ever after? Can
they
kick the habit? Candy
is a rough
movie to watch, but the acting performances make it worth it. I was worried about
Cornish after she
appeared in A Good Year
with Russell Crowe (a stain on any career, especially
Crowe’s), but she shows excellent ability in a movie that
forces her to show
the downward spiral drugs will take them both on.
She goes from the sweet, lovable lady to hard
core junkie full of rage at her life and what it has become. While Ledger is good as
the addle brained
loser who doesn’t seem to have any control over his life,
Cornish is the one
who shocks you with her ability to channel inner rage and spit it out
at her
co-star as she puts out one of the better acting performances of the
year. Writer/director
Neil Armfeld (based on the novel by Luke Davies) perfectly captures the
absolute loserdom of drug addiction, but never forgets to make sure we
see the
characters as flawed people making horrible choices and hurting their
loving
(and possibly flawed as well) families, instead of stereotypical
druggies. The
naming of the three acts (Heaven, Earth
and Hell) is a bit of overkill, and I wish we had more development
instead of
the same old trouble of how they will try to get drugs today, followed
by lots
of yelling. In the end,
it’s
worth it to see Cornish and Ledger, even if you walk out of the theater
feeling
like you were emotionally hit by a truck. 3
Waffles (Out
Of 4) Candy is rated R for pervasive depiction of drug addiction, disturbing images, language and sexual content.
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