
After having online chat room chats for three weeks, "Thonggrrrl14" convinces "Lensman319" to meet in person in a public place, they being up front that they are a fourteen year old girl and thirty-two year old man respectively. They are indeed precocious fourteen year old Hayley Stark and thirty-two year old photographer Jeff Kohlver. Their interactions, including their meeting, are laced with indirect sexual innuendo, most specifically on Hayley's part, although Jeff is cle... (Full plot summary below)
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After having online chat room chats for three weeks, "Thonggrrrl14" convinces "Lensman319" to meet in person in a public place, they being up front that they are a fourteen year old girl and thirty-two year old man respectively. They are indeed precocious fourteen year old Hayley Stark and thirty-two year old photographer Jeff Kohlver. Their interactions, including their meeting, are laced with indirect sexual innuendo, most specifically on Hayley's part, although Jeff is clear also in an indirect manner that he does not have sex with minors. Regardless, Hayley is further able to convince Jeff to continue their face-to-face at his place. There, both Hayley and Jeff's true intentions come to light, their meeting which was no accident on either side, and the intentions which may be incompatible and have serious and deadly consequences.
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| tonymedley.comTony Medleythe entire film hinges on how Page and Wilson execute their roles. With apologies to Carly Simon, I can't imagine anybody doing it better. |
| WaffleMovies.comWillie WafflePage brings a shocking intensity to this role that makes her one of the few actors out there who could get into a staredown with Pacino or DeNiro and live to tell about it. |
| Film Journal InternationalFrank LoveceUnreels with smooth pace and unexpected grace notes, both visually and by its two leads. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThese are two fascinating characters, and watching them thrust and parry proves to be as impossible to turn away from as observing a grotesque roadside accident. |
| Bryant Frazer's Deep FocusBryant FrazerHard Candy ultimately lacks the balls to follow through on its most discomfiting promises, choosing instead to wallow in a surfeit of final-reel tidiness. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordThere's really only one compelling reason to see this film and that is the extraordinary performance by young Ellen Page, a breakout if ever there was one. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertHard Candy is a psychological thriller as chilling as a cold, serrated blade to the jugular. |
| Arizona RepublicRandy Cordova... a movie that will inspire discussions once it's over. |
| Metromix.comMatt PaisAmazingly uncomfortable and only occasionally implausible. It's guaranteed to spark a reaction and a conversation. |
| Zertinet MoviesSteven SnyderHard Candy is both as ambiguous, and as obvious, a movie as you're likely to find in mainstream American cinema. |