Hayley's a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff's a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff's place. Jeff thinks it's his lucky night. He's in for a surprise.
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- Daniel GustavssonOctober 11, 2024Interesting and really intense movie. The feeling was amazingly disturbing throughout, which is something not every movie can pull off. The end was simply amazing, and when it finished I had a really hard time to see anyone as the "hero". Really different movie.
- ShapeInTheDarkOctober 26, 2025This movie was definitely weird and intense, but it held my attention the whole way through. Some parts were hard to watch, but it’s one you won’t forget.
- muddypantzJanuary 9, 2026too many holes, poor execution, predictable
- cferacoSeptember 22, 2025Hard Candy feels less like a thriller and more like psychological waterboarding — every scene makes you wince and whisper “what the fuck am I watching.”
- Odilia GasparDecember 12, 2024Horrible movie!! No action
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Hard Candy was released on January 14, 2005.
Hard Candy was directed by David Slade.
Hard Candy has a runtime of 1h 44m.
Hard Candy was produced by Michael Caldwell, David Higgins, Richard Hutton.
Hayley's a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff's a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff's place. Jeff thinks it's his lucky night. He's in for a surprise.
The key characters in Hard Candy are Hayley Stark (Elliot Page), Jeff Kohlver (Patrick Wilson), Judy Tokuda (Sandra Oh).
Hard Candy is rated R.
Hard Candy is a Drama, Thriller film.
Hard Candy has an audience rating of 7.7 out of 10.
Hard Candy had a budget of $950K.
Hard Candy has made $7M at the box office.