Candy (2006)
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- Synopsis
- A free-spirited art student and a roguish poet find their addiction to each other taking a back seat to their taste for heroin in director Neil Armfield's intensely personal tale of recreational drug use gone bad....
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- Starring
- Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush, Tony Martin, Noni Hazelhurst
- Director(s)
- Neil Armfield
- Distributor(s)
- ThinkFilm
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 108 min.
Critic Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe SteinAdd Critic to Favorites
For all its depiction of a descent into drug addiction, Candy is filled with surprisingly sweet moments and goes down more easily than seems possible given the subject matter.Read the full review
Boston Globe | Wesley MorrisAdd Critic to Favorites
Told in a serenely observational fashion.Read the full review
ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites
Despite being well made and supremely acted, Candy is a true feel-bad experience.Read the full review
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'Star' role consumed Abbie Cornish
09/29/09 Abbie Cornish is young, beautiful, extraordinarily talented -- and now there is Oscar buzz. | JAM! Showbiz -
Geoffrey Rush set for 'Madman'
09/21/09 Geoffrey Rush will return to the stage at Sydney's Belvoir St. Theater in a 2010 revival of Gogol's "Diary of a Madman," to be directed by Neil Armfield in his 15th and final season as a.d. of the company. | Variety -
Movie Review: Abbie Cornish shines as Keats' love in the gorgeous 'Bright Star'
09/16/09 In telling the story of the final years in the brief life of poet John Keats, "Bright Star" very easily could have been a stuffy, period costume drama. | JAM! Showbiz -
Neil Armfield to quit Company B
05/25/09 Theater director Neil Armfield is preparing to ankle the helm of Sydney's Company B troupe housed at Belvoir St. Theater, where the Broadway production of "Exit the King" at Barrymore Theater was hatched and where he has been artistic director since 1994. | Variety -
Armfield to quit Company B
05/24/09 Theater director Neil Armfield is preparing to ankle the helm of Sydney's Company B troupe housed at Belvoir St. Theater, where the Broadway production of "Exit the King" at Barrymore Theater was hatched and where he has been artistic director since 1994. | Variety -
Heath Ledger's Scholarship Fund will aid Aussie actors
05/27/08 Australians in Film, the L.A.-based organization for ex-pat Australians in the entertainment industry, has established the Heath Ledger Scholarship Fund, to be given annually to a young Australian-based actor to help them pursue a career in Hollywood. | Styles & Scenes