Hard Candy is a film with a simple setting, it almost feels like you're watching a play. There is a very small cast and it's mainly just a fencing match between Ellen Page's character and Patrick Wilson's. Extraordinary acting between these two and I would say Ellen Page in her best performance to date. She is a phenomenal actress. The picture of Hard Candy explains itself. It's the old bait and switch. A movie of a scenario of how we might like to see things done in real life just like in old John Wayne films or in the Death Wish movies. But even to a more serious level within this filmNot a film for all, not always easy to stomach, but worth the watch for Ellen Page's best performance to date.

Hated this movie yet it will peak your interest to see where these people are going to end up .... the acting was very good but it was to drawn out and at some points you did feel a little sorry for the patrick wilson charcter .... boy 14 year old thoughts have really changed whould i recommend this movie ...... no unless there is nothing else to watch kinda a let downh and a waste of time......

This movie somehow preaches evil onto others, maybe torturing people to admit things they didn't do and then kill them. Never have I seen a movie where I wanted someone to die so badly. The whole thing made me sick. I do not know what the moral here is, but if someone gets a kick out of watching this, I feel sorry for them.

It has a somewhat promising start, but the dwindle down into sadistic torture happened too quickly and without enough exposition to justify it. Essentially, it ends up just looking like To Catch a Predator but instead of the cops being called, the predator is castrated immediately. There is simply not enough information given to make you hate what you are told to think is a sick pedophile, nor is there enough information to make you feel that Hayley is justified in her actions. The ending was just weird, and I still don't quite get why Janelle was even a thing.This movie was NOT thrilling and the castration scene was weak. I didn't need to see the castration play-by-play, but there are plenty of ways to make a gruesome scene still seem gruesome even if it occurs off-screen. The girl is also stupid and should've done something to ensure that he could not move. As tiny as she was, if he was able to get the upper-hand for even a second, that would've been the end for her.I also don't get why Sandra Oh's name is presented like she was relevant. She was on screen for a grand total of 5 minutes.