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You've seen this one before. 30 year old guy meets 14 year old girl online. They meet at a coffee shop. He invites her to his house to listen to mp3s. She slips him a mickey. She tortures and castrates him.

Okay I'm wrong you haven't seen this before and Hard Candy practically vibrates with the tension of not knowing where this is going or how far they're going to take it. There is one scene in particular that I've already more than hinted at that will be especially hard to watch for any guy out there.

There's a certain point in the film where they probably should have ended it I would have been really happy with it all. It would have avoided some scenes of struggling and fighting that bring this a little too close to standard Hollywood thriller territory. They work too hard to tidy up the plot while still leaving me confused on a couple of things.

Posted at September 29, 2006 07:10 PM