The Alphabet Project: H is for...

Hard Candy (2005)

For three weeks, 14-year-old Hayley Stark (Ellen Page) has been chatting on-line with 'Lensmaster319', a 32-year old fashion photographer, named Jeff (Patrick Wilson). The two agree to meet at a coffee shop called Nighthawks. They hit it off, despite the massive age difference. Hayley appears to flirt with Jeff, and Jeff generally restrains himself, even admitting that he must wait 4-years until he can be with her. But his reservations are apparently not enough to decline when Hayley all but invites herself over to his house. Once at the house, manipulation becomes the name of the game, and the pedophile seems to be on the non-traditional side of it. Hilarity ensues.

Trivia: The title comes from Internet slang for an under-aged girl. Ellen Page was nearly passed over for the role of Hayley because she had a shaved head for another role when she filmed the audition tape she submitted. The opening scenes at Nighthawks was shot last, with the set of Jeff's house transformed into a coffee shop. The very last scene they shot for the film was the bit where Hailey goes into the bathroom and changes into the T-shirt.

Amazing. Chilling. Astounding. Provocative. Extraordinary. Horrific. Controversial. Mesmerizing. Mind numbing. Captivating. Exhausting. Intense. These are but a few words that begin to describe this movie that is above description. I had heard good things about this movie, which is why I chose to include it. I was not disappointed. This movie grabbed you and kept you on your seat. Although the subject of the movie is, at times, hard to handle, this is a movie you should watch. Ellen Page just leaps from the screen from the moment that you see her. It was amazing.

Well, as most of you know, I am going on vacation next week and will be gone for two weeks so this is the last Alphabet Project movie I will see until I get back. I will give you time after I get back to guess the next movie, "I". But if you are just waiting to start guessing, here is the next clue. "All Hail J.C." And now for the "H" guesses:

Harry's Game - Harry is an undercover agent for the British army sent to Northern Ireland to infiltrate the IRA and...I have to see this film, Impman guessed it twice!

Home Alone - An eight year-old, who is accidentally left behind while his family flies to France for Christmas, has to defend his home against idiotic burglars.

Hackers - A young boy is arrested by the US Secret Service for writing a computer virus and is banned from using a computer until his 18th birthday...

The Hot Spot - A loner (Johnson) drives into a small Texas town and gets himself a job at a used car dealership. (Don't worry, Impy, it's on my list to watch, thanks to you)

Hellraiser - An unfaithful wife encounters the zombie of her dead lover, who's being chased by demons after he escaped from their sado-masochistic Hell. (Sounds charming)

Hannibal - Hannibal returns to America and attempts to make contact with disgraced Agent Starling and survive a vengeful victim's plan.

Hide And Seek - As a widower tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide, his daughter finds solace -- at first -- in her imaginary friend.

House - Roger Cobb is a Vietnam vet. Whose career as a horror novelist has taken a turn for the worse when his...

Hitch - While helping his latest client woo the fine lady of his dreams, a professional "date doctor" (Smith) finds game doesn't quite work on the gossip columnist (Mendes) with whom he's smitten.

Halloween - A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood escapes on a mindless rampage while his doctor chases him through the streets.