Best movie ever!

Admirable film.

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Worst movie I've seen for quite some time wanted to switch it off after 20-30 mins but the IMDb rating was high so said I'd give it a chance and I almost always finish what I start. The acting is the only good thing but the whole story seems to happen for no reason, one minute they are getting married, the next they move into some warehouse then they move up North. Along the way she has a stillborn baby and they come off drugs and go back on them again and she is selling herself for more drug money even after they get married... Casper is always there for a dig out too. The whole drug addict movie thing has been done before and just because Heath Ledger is in it does not make it brilliant at all. Painful to watch and very predictable and boring.

This movie is one of the best I've ever seen! It's such a sad,complete full,astonishing film.But I wonder why the hell almost NOBODY was advertising this film?!? I am mad! The whole suicide thing was in the first plan,and the PR of this film WAS Awkward! better said,there were even A PR ! Why?! This movie,is in the same genre where Trainspotting is. But in this one there's more drama and love. Now I am trying to buy the original book,which the movie was made of. Yea...people,don't tell me that you did not knew this? Like always....the book is more detailed and better,so I can't wait to read the book! When I read the book Perfume,and just saw the trailer...ONLY the trailer I was mad because so many things were changed...so that I did not even had the mood to watch a stupid movie,based on a GREAT novel!

After his Oscar-nominated performance in Brokeback Mountain and before his posthumous Oscar win for The Dark Knight, the late Heath Ledger turned in another award-worthy performance in Candy, a searing and intense 2006 drama that was the most harrowing look at the horror of drug addiction since Requiem for a Dream.This is the story of Dan (Ledger), a talented poet who is doing nothing with his gift and Candy (Abbie Cornish), a struggling artist who has also put her talent on the back burner due to her relationship with Dan and their addiction to heroine and how it has completely dominated their lives. All of the questions related to addiction are addressed here in an in-your-face manner that is quite disturbing. Not only do we get to see Candy prostitute herself in order to support t heir habit, but we also see Candy challenge Dan to do the same. It's aggravating as we watch the hypocritical Dan get high with money that Candy earned on her back but he's unwilling to do the same. There is one surprisingly clever vignette where Dan happens upon a wallet on the front seat of a car and when it contains no cash, goes through an extremely elaborate ruse in order to extract the information he needs from the owner in order to use the credit cards that were in the wallet. As clever as Dan is here, it is also a little pathetic because you find yourself wishing that he could be this resourceful doing something positive or productive.What is so riveting about Dan and Candy's story is that we can tell from the beginning of the film that their relationship is doomed, but it doesn't keep the viewer from becoming completely enveloped in their story. We watch as they actually marry (the camera smartly pans the guests during the vows and the various reactions are telling) and watch the intensely mixed emotions from Candy's parents when Candy announces that she is pregnant. Her father's reaction to the new is just gut-wrenching. It's sad watching how Candy's parents can see that Candy's relationship with Dan is beginning to destroy their lives, but hold their tongues so long that when they finally confront the truth, it's too late.The most telling and most pathetic aspect of Dan and Candy's story is their constant talk about changing their lives and their half- hearted attempts to stop using so that they can. The scenes of Dan and Candy trying to quit cold-turkey, documented in days, is not an easy watch, but a realistic depiction of the physical effects of heroine and how the body craves it like medicine. Director Neil Armfield does not shy away from these scenes and the camera-work from above their bed is extremely effective.Ledger delivers a brilliant and intensely unhinged performance as Dan, which includes a credible British accent. Ledger pulls out all the stops here, making Dan a dangerous combination of smart and sexy and pathetic. Abbie Cornish is blistering and explosive as Candy, the addict who wants to blame Dan and anything else she can think of for what she's going through, in deep denial about the depth of her own addiction. Geoffrey Rush does a small but flashy turn as Dan and Candy's friend/dealer/enabler, whose willingness to help Dan and Candy feed their addiction seems to be stemmed in his sexual attraction to Dan.This is a bold and uncompromising look at drug addiction that pulls no punches and offers no easy answers, but is riveting entertainment for those who are game, thanks to evocative direction and brilliant performances from the stars.

Candy tells the story of Candy and Dan, two lovers who both believe in the arts. Candy is a painter and Dan is a poet. They met and fell in love like it was meant to be. Dan was a heroin addict and Candy quickly changed her lifestyle to accompany his. Candy and Dan begin to spiral down and out of control. Can anything save these two lovers? Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish are both flawless. These two are so brilliant that this film becomes so hard to watch. Heath plays Dan, a man who loves Candy and will do anything for her, yet he got in to deep and now he has an addiction. Heath is so powerful and his and Abbies portrayals are both so realistic it hurts after a while to watch.Candy is probably the most powerful film I have ever watched in my life. It is a tragedy and about half way through there is a scene that just makes the best of us breakdown and cry. It is the most painfully realistic film to be releases in years, There is no glorification of drugs, it shows the struggles of trying to quit and trying to settle down and have a family. The temptations are so strong, that sometimes even the most willing of people cannot give up what pains the most.The Chemistry between Heath and Abbie makes this films message so much deeper. Dan and Candy begin to drift apart and when Candy suffers a nervous breakdown they are forced to make a choice. Whether or not staying together is good for both of them.Candy is a hard film to watch, it makes you cry. This film is the first film to ever get me crying half way through and I was still crying for about an hour after it was completed. As a movie it is a good, but its so painfully real that it would be hard to watch a second time. The acting is perfect and that makes it harder to watch. This film will leave you with so many mixed emotions that you wont even know what to think or feel when its done except sadness. Great performances by Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish.Here are a couple of quotes from the film Candy that will sum up how sad this film actually is.Dan: I wasn't trying to wreck Candy's life. I was trying to make mine better.Casper: to Dan Promise me you'll stop. Promise me you'll stop before I do.Once upon a time there was Candy and Dan. It was just the two of them. Everything was gold. He was handsome and a very good criminal. We lived on sunlight and chocolate bars. He would climb balconies, climb everywhere, do anything for her. Her Danny boy. He came into my life really fast and I liked it. But Danny, you said, you promised, you pointed at the sky: That one is called Sirius, the Dog Star, but only here on Earth. How much do I love this worrying in my ears, since there is only one thing to love and it can not be you. Danny the daredevil. Candy went missing." Once again this film is so painfully real it hurts to watch it.