Candy

Absolutely brutal movie. Excellent depiction of the tragedy of addiction. Well casted, acting was great, will not watch it ever again. More on reddit.com

One of my favourite endings, so beautiful and bittersweet.

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Personally, I really enjoy that it's a messy film that makes you feel dirty inside. I like that it makes you feel bad for a pedophile and simultaneously kind of root for his torturer. It's fucked up and it deliberately elicits these emotions to make you feel, like, well maybe no one is all that good. It was also very challenging for its time. A decade ago, you were extremely unlikely to see a pedophile/date rapist portrayed as a handsome, suave, successful man who acted in this predatory manor. Hollywood generally turned a blind eye to stories surrounding statutory rape, because, well, as it's been proven, they've been pretty complicit in those kinds of activities. I like it specifically because of the reasons you dislike it. Because I think those are important things to think about and realize. I really don't think you're really "supposed" to feel any particular way. I think it's just supposed to make you think about how fucked up the world is sometimes. I also have no doubt that it's at least a partial revenge fantasy acted out by the writer and director, so there's that. As for the suspension of disbelief, I think that's relatively minor. It comes from you not enjoying the film more so than the actual unbelievable actions. If you had liked the movie, likely you wouldn't have minded, because those little hand-waves served the story. Most movies have pretty ridiculous physics breaking moments. Just think of any time anyone has shot open a lock on a door, or a car has exploded in a giant fireball. We don't mind because if we did, then we couldn't enjoy the story. More on reddit.com

It's undeniably a very good movie (though it does come apart a bit at the end). It's well scripted and both leads acted their asses off. I just never want to see it again.

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