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Hard Candy
I had heard about this film, and I had been wanting to see it. After seeing it I felt a little disappointed by it. It isn't a bad filim, but from what I had heard about the film, I thought that it was going to be better.
One of the things I had heard about the film was the ending, and how shocking it was. I don't know where they were getting it from, I had the ending figured out, as well as most of the film, long before it got there. That is one of the big things that disappointed me, for the quality of film that it was, with good acting, cinematography, etc. it was a film that was pretty easy to see through. It didn't have to be a ton more complex in its story, but a little bit more would have been better.
The acting, like I said, was very good. Ellen Page did a very good job in this film. In the two films I've seen of hers, she has been cast as someone a few years younger then she actually is at the time. I thought she made an all right 16 year old in Juno, but I would have believed 18 more, and in the case of Hard Candy, she is said to be 14 (which can be debated), but she doesn't quite pull off someone close to that age. I would say that she likely could have pulled off 16-18 again, but as good as she does, she doesn't feel 14.
Overall this isn't a bad film, it was a bit less then I was expecting it to be, but it definitely had some strong points to it. It is a fairly disturbing film that isn't all that graphic, which is nice to see since there are a lot of films that are disturbing, but have to show as much as possible to make it disturbing, Hard Candy is more mentally trying.
Overall Grade: B
Story: C+
Acting: B+
Audio/Visual: B+
I had heard about this film, and I had been wanting to see it. After seeing it I felt a little disappointed by it. It isn't a bad filim, but from what I had heard about the film, I thought that it was going to be better.
One of the things I had heard about the film was the ending, and how shocking it was. I don't know where they were getting it from, I had the ending figured out, as well as most of the film, long before it got there. That is one of the big things that disappointed me, for the quality of film that it was, with good acting, cinematography, etc. it was a film that was pretty easy to see through. It didn't have to be a ton more complex in its story, but a little bit more would have been better.
The acting, like I said, was very good. Ellen Page did a very good job in this film. In the two films I've seen of hers, she has been cast as someone a few years younger then she actually is at the time. I thought she made an all right 16 year old in Juno, but I would have believed 18 more, and in the case of Hard Candy, she is said to be 14 (which can be debated), but she doesn't quite pull off someone close to that age. I would say that she likely could have pulled off 16-18 again, but as good as she does, she doesn't feel 14.
Overall this isn't a bad film, it was a bit less then I was expecting it to be, but it definitely had some strong points to it. It is a fairly disturbing film that isn't all that graphic, which is nice to see since there are a lot of films that are disturbing, but have to show as much as possible to make it disturbing, Hard Candy is more mentally trying.
Overall Grade: B
Story: C+
Acting: B+
Audio/Visual: B+