Hard Candy: not so hard

The intrigue: I heard the movie Hard Candy is so intense that it made some guy pass out at the Angelika. And people have been walking out in the middle of the movie in disgust and horror. After tonight's viewing, my summation is the movie was well acted, but not upsetting. It was decent watch, but that's where it ended for me. I felt like it used the sensationalism of pedophilia and exploited it to shock audiences, but the resulting film felt pretty empty. If you're going to make a movie about something like pedophilia, have some balls about it.

Conclusion: man who passed out, definitely a pedophile.