Hard Candy

Patrick Wilson and Elliot Page star in this provocative thriller directed by David Slade. For three weeks, 14-year-old Hayley Stark (Page) has been chatting online with Lensmaster319, a 32-year old fashion photographer, named Jeff (Wilson). The two agree to meet at a coffee shop called Nighthawks and 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 four years before he can be with her. But his reservations are apparently not enough to decline when Hayley all but invites herself over to his house. It's not long before Jeff's underage guest is pouring drinks and posing provocatively for an impromptu photo shoot. As the evening's questionable activities take a decidedly sordid slant and the raptorial Jeff appears poised to strike, a sudden turn of events reveals that his apparent victim has had a plan of her own from the very beginning.