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Starring: Abbie Cornish
Rated: R (Restricted)
Type: DVD
Directed By: Neil Armfield
Studio: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Release Date: 2007-03-27
Running Time: 108 minutes
Oscar®-nominee Heath Ledger stars as Dan, a charming but reckless young poet who falls in love with Candy (Abbie Cornish), a beautiful young student who is attracted to his bohemian lifestyle. In order to get closer to Dan, Candy joins him in his drug addiction. Their passionate relationship then alternates between bursts of ecstatic oblivion and bouts of despair and self-destruction. Hooked as much on heroin as one another, their story becomes an intense love triangle – a boy, a girl, and a drug.

So Much Love
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 love. There was love for each other, and love of the drug. Through the entire movie the viewer is left to figure out which love is paramount.

Heath did an amazing job portraying Dan. And Abbie Cornish did a very good job playing the title character Candy. The supporting cast was also very good and helped tie the movie together.

I will definately be purchasing a copy of this movie because it does say a lot about the relationships people have with each other, and how an addiction, be it anything, can effect them. I learned a lot watching this and it prompted me to read the book, which is also worth your time.

Fantastic movie!
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 into a lifestyle. If you are squemish about nudity or language, this film is not for you, I however am just fine with those charactaristics in a movie, and could look past them to see the bigger picture. I enjoyed the artistry and the symbolism used in Candy, and over the whole film. Not great for the whole family, but great for someone with an open mind and artistic eye.

Everlasting love in a vial
'Candy' is an Australian film, a love story between two junkies. The movie divides itself into three parts: Heaven, Earth, and He||. Dan (played by talented and memorable Heath Ledger - RIP Heath) and Candy (Abbie Cornish) have a love that's true. Their highs are high and their lows are low. At one point, after spiking up and nodding off during their wedding reception at Candy's parents, they sit outside McDonald's sipping chocolate shakes and declaring "We're the coolest people at McDonald's".

Their days are spent hitting up friends and family for money, stealing, hawking what possessions they have, and finally turning to prostitution to feed their heroin habits. They speak of the clean life, yet scoff at it when their next fix is due. Best friend Casper (Geoffrey Rush) winds out taking them in. Casper is their homo$exual father figure and sometimes provider. Dan and Candy's lifestyles go up and down, depending on their drug use. Candy confesses to a rent-collector that "I'm a prostitute and he's worthless, we don't have any money". Their lives deteriorate though pregnancy, miscarriage, and eventual nervous breakdown. Can a love this true withstand the trials of heroin, heartbreak, time, and tragedy?

The movie is based on the novel 'Candy' written by Luke Davies. (Watch for Davies in the film, in his cameo of the milkman) The novel is one of the best books I've ever read, Davies puts a whisper of poetry into his words, making them beautiful and hypnotic. While the movie stays close to the book, there is the added role of Casper, and the fact that Dan and Candy fight more in the film than in the book. Certain parts are left out, like the lazy day spent picking crabs off each other. If you like the movie, you really MUST read the book. The acting is superb in this film (what a tragedy to lose Heath Ledger). The costume designer captured the "look" of the addict, especially with Dan's greasy, unkept look. The script was well done and the atmosphere is perfect. Rent first, then buy. Enjoy!

An Absolutely Beautiful Movie
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, life and loss. I am so glad I have added this to my movie collection.

Heath Ledger was the Joker.
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 heard.

-Pleco