adonis98-743-186503 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. I really love Abbie Cornish and to be honest i think she's a pretty underrated actress as a whole, Heath Ledger on the other hand? i was not that huge of a fan and this movie doesn't change my opinion on him either. It's really boring and i didn't feel any dramatic tone coming out of it to be "dramatic".

john doe A very underrated Australian film, candy delivers. This was based on the novel which is quite different from the film. A great movie that is very confronting at times, and also a tragic telling of what addiction amounts to. (By this time you've already read the synopsis of what this films about so i'll spare you.)I guess living near where this was set kinda touches home a bit. Top performances by heath ledger and abbie cornish (also worth a mention is geoffry rush and the parents of candy) Truly touching at times, with heath ledger narrating some moments in the film coupled by great performances and a great music soundtrack/score makes this one of my favourite Aussie films as well as my favourite films of all time. Definitely worth a watch, but quite a heavy film.

pippinisaboy Candy is no doubt a masterpiece. Heath ledger and Abby Cornish's palpable chemistry makes the film what it is, not to mention the brilliant directing and writing. It is as great as it is terrifying, watching these two characters lives crumble is not easy and i found myself crying at many points throughout. The gritty honesty makes it hard to watch, but there addictions to each other and their addictions to heroin make watching them almost addictive to watch.I saw the film Blue Valentine (2010) before this and feel it is very much influenced by Candy. However, i thought Blue Valentine was dark before seeing some of the hard hitting scenes throughout this film. My only cause for thought could be that because you only know the characters Dan and Candy together, it is hard to connect to them as individuals meaning that even by the end of the film i felt i didn't know the characters. Moreover, i think you know Dan and Candy's love more than you really know them: which may not necessarily be a negative thing, just a new thing to me. Throughout the film i felt like i was really watching someones real life, even the way the scenes were shot felt realistic. Also it doesn't glorify drugs in one bit, but shows exactly what Ledger's character says in one of the darker parts to this film, 'the world is very bewildering to a junkie'. One of the darkest and most real films I have yet to see, a new favorite.

case_327 *No direct spoilers*I have watched this movie six times in two days, it is that addicting.A few slow scenes here and there, but well worth it.To be honest, you get so lost in the movie because of Cornish and Ledger's great chemistry when they act together. You actually want their love to be in reality.As powerful and shocking as the relationship between them is, including their powerful drug addiction, I could not watch it fully through the first time I watched it. But for some reason Cornish and Ledger's chemistry in the movie kept me thinking I should go ahead and finish the movie. Very happy I chose to do so. When you cheat life with mind-alternating substances, there will be consequences. The ending was nothing that I was expecting, and I STRONGLY encourage you to check this out, if you're not in the mood for something like The Notebook, or completely closured movies.P.S. *I could not understand probably 50% of what was being said because of the heavy accents. To fix this I turned on my TV's caption, since the movie does not come with English subtitles.*