2006 Directed by Neil Armfield
A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.
Margaret Fink Emile Sherman Angus Finney Andrew Mackie Richard Payten Michael Whyke Terrence Yason Iain Canning
Candy - OZ
This is how a perfectly FUCKED UP marriage between Requiem For a Dream and Trainspotting would look like.
Warning! This is ultimately disturbing because there is Love and Drugs involved.
Once upon a time, Dan and Candy were in love, but they were both strung out on heroin. Dan especially was a fiend. One night he comes home crazier than usual after taking too much. Candy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. Dan doesn't like that...not...one...bit. He takes the knife from her, laughing while he does it, sticks it in her mouth "Let's put a smile on that face!" He can't handle the fact he did something so horrible to Candy so he takes a razor, sticks it in his mouth, and leaves out for America bringing his scars with him. He renounces the name "Dan". Now, he's The Joker.
Why So Serious?
“there’s nothing to be scared of.”
oh man that ending really got me. neil armfield... how dare you. this was such an incredibly raw, intense and heartbreaking film and i am just in absolute awe of how talented heath ledger and abbie cornish are. they really delivered such emotive and authentic performances which, in turn, made me feel empathetic towards their characters. i think it’s one thing to play the role of a heroin addict, but to play it to the point where it’s honest and believable is a very powerful thing and heath & abbie certainly achieved that. also i love the fact that this was an australian romantic drama and how the story was split into three chapters, showing the different stages of dan and candy’s relationship: heaven, earth and hell.
i absolutely adore heath ledger. he can do no wrong in my eyes and i definitely plan on watching the rest of his filmography.
How far would you go when you're in love? How far down the rabbit-hole will you follow your loved one? Here we have Heath Ledger playing possibly the most despicable character of his career as he leads astray the gorgeous Candy of the title played by Abbie Cornish. Leading a typical bohemian lifestyle, the two young lovers experiment with soft drugs before things get very dark.
The thing about drugs is that when it starts to get heavy you'll do anything for a fix. This is where this film loses it's gentle sparkle and descends into a maelstrom of depression. Ledger's Dan is a bit if a cunt. Leaching from one friend and family member for money before Candy eventually…
this one is specially sad because you know things will go wrong, as the first part is heaven, the things can only get worse from there.
7/10 - the fact that they only used tim buckley’s version of song to the siren in the end is soul crushing
A love story of 2 heroin addicts...you can see where this is going. Both Ledger ad Cornish are really good. I said it after Brokeback, but it is a tragedy Ledger died so young
I didn’t finish this film cos I am not subjecting to myself to this level of unecessary sadness. I was literally about to watch titanic and I watched this instead fucking dummy. this film is good but ong a love story about heronine is SO SAD and I got fucking tricked by the trailer cos there was a cute kissing scene with heath ledger in it. Really sad film. Ready made for a 2014 pale tumblr theme. good acting tbf. But like it’s not even cry sad it’s like fuck actual life sad. I do NOT recommend
Movies about drug addicts aren't among my favorites, but if done right, they can be very interesting. Trainspotting is an amazing movie about addiction, although it has a lot more than that going for it. This movie is only about the drugs and how they affect people, but luckily, it is done right.
Let's dig into the story: Boy meets girl. Girl falls in love. Boy introduces girl to a world of drugs. But as we all know, drugs cost money, so girl become a prostitute and then she becomes pregnant. If you have seen Pacino in Panic in Needle Park, you'll be very familiar with the story, as it seems to be an Australian remake. It isn't, of course,…
Heath Ledger is amazing, as per usual. The script is super pretentious and annoying, and most of the acting is stale. But Heath though 🥰
candy was released on May 25th 2006
so naturally i had to rewatch again
happy 13th birthday candy! 💕💕💕💕
Liked it more at the time a few years ago but the film is too relentlessly bleak
But I like the ending and the Tim Buckley song
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