The new film Hard Candy is, above all, a showcase for the astounding performance of 19-year-old Ellen Page…

I’ll point out that the whole thing is ostensibly based on Judas Priest and what happened to them after Rob Halford left.

I didn’t expect this to be a great film, like The Conversation or something. I just figured it would at least be good, like American Beauty, which Jonny over-estimates. Sure, it’s cool how Spacey blackmailed his boss, and I’m all for yuppie bashing, but those are not sufficient conditions for a great film. Jonny’s right…

I state the above as a single line because whatever else Rize sets out to accomplish, there is an overlaying veneer of desperate sadness