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A Little Trip to Heaven (2005)
Slow to start, good ending
This movie was slow, actually almost painful, at the beginning. I very nearly gave up on it about half an hour into it. Still, I persevered, and am glad I did.
It shows the dark side of abuse and what a woman will do to 'save' her child.
The plot twists and turns, and is a little difficult to follow at the beginning, but all comes together nicely toward the end, when the insurance agent finds his heart and does the completely unexpected thing.
Overall worth watching, the bleakness of the setting becomes a character in itself, as mentioned by a previous reviewer, it's stark and almost frightening at times. It really makes the movie.
Hard Candy (2005)
Freaky. Intelligent, scary but overall freaky...
As previously mentioned, at times the script is a little thin. The performance of young Miss Page is exemplary, and I will be keen to see her talents extended further with other movies.
This movie, at times had me glaring at the screen with horror, I couldn't believe what was happening. Sometimes it was downright ugly, sometimes sad and sometimes simply sick, although that's kinda the point. The story could not be effectively told without the 'sick bits'.
There were some script oddities, the one that especially sticks in my mind is the neighbour questioning her about walking on the roof, and why she was there, etc, without commenting on the fact that she was wearing surgical scrubs while doing so.
I'm sure this movie will play on my mind for a while yet, it's very reminiscent of "Saw", not in the plot, but in the suspense and human-horror of it. It was worth watching.