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Heath Ledger stars as Dan, a charming but reckless young poet who has fallen in love with Candy (Cornish), a beautiful young art student from a comfortable middle-class family who is attracted to the bohemian lifestyle that Dan has long since embraced. In order to get closer to Dan, Candy, whose previous drug use has been casually experimental, starts shooting up. Their passionate relationship then... See Full Description
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Art/Foreign, Drama and Adaptation |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 48 min. |
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| Release Date: |
November 17, 2006 (limited) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for pervasive depiction of drug addiction, disturbing images, language, sexual content and nudity. |
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| Distributors: |
ThinkFilm
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$44,720 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
B-
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Boston Globe, Welsey Morris
"...told in a serenely observational fashion..." more...
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B |
Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips
"Ledger...is alive and awake and interesting..." more...
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B- |
Entertainment Weekly, Lisa Schwarzbaum
"...even as they spiral inevitably downward from ecstasy to hell -- she turns tricks, he steals -- they somehow still look really attractive, which is a ridiculous thing." more...
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C |
filmcritic.com, Chris Barsanti
"Even if, in the end, Candy has not much new to say about its disaffected junkie lovebirds, it at least understands what it is that puts people like them into this situation." more...
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B- |
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