
Reviews — Candy
Audience write-ups from TMDB
JPV852
It’s hard to say if I’ve experienced anything like this before, though it reminds me of what I picture taking acid might be like. Watching this film, which runs for two hours, genuinely made me wonder about my own mental state. Even considering its origins in the 1960s, it's bizarre and completely unhinged, and it’s remarkable that they managed to get actors such as Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, and James Coburn on …
Wuchak
A quirky, occasionally funny, but ultimately tedious film from the late sixties featuring Burton, Starr, Coburn, and Brando. Released during the Christmas season of 1968, “Candy” presented itself as a satirical take on a literary classic—a tactic producers likely employed to argue for its social merit and deflect accusations of pornography, which was the marketing angle used to attract male audiences. However, it …


