Hard Candy

Hard Candy

Strangers shouldn't talk to little girls.

Rating

3.0 (1)

Release Date

4/14/2006

Runtime

104 mins

Overview

Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$950,000

Revenue

$7,000,000

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A cat-and-mouse thriller that inverts predator and prey, trapping you in a claustrophobic space where a teenage girl systematically dismantles an older man's certainties and safety. It's a film that makes you complicit in watching violence unfold, questioning who you're rooting for.

Mood

TenseUnsettlingParanoidAngry

Themes

RevengeJustice

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

HandheldNaturalistic

Structure

Single location

Heads up

Sexual violenceChild endangermentSexual contentGraphic violenceSuicide and self-harm

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Hard Candy (2006) directed by David Slade | FirstCinema