I Want Candy (2007)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Stephen Surjik

Writers:

Peter Hewitt (screenwriter)
Phil Hughes (writer)

Release Date:

23 March 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

This year's juiciest comedy

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Title Based On Song | Pear | Beautiful Woman | What Happened To Epilogue

Cast

Tom Riley	...	Joe
Tom Burke	...	Baggy
Carmen Electra	...	Candy
Eddie Marsan	...	Doug
Michelle Ryan	...	Lila
Mackenzie Crook	...	Dulberg
Felicity Montagu	...	Mum
Philip Jackson	...	Dad
Jimmy Carr	...	Video Store Guy
John Standing	...	Michael de Vere
Carl Prekopp	...	Vlad
Rasmus Hardiker	...	Christi
Colin Michael Carmichael	...	Gabi
Stephanie Blacker	...	Tiffany Thomas
Giles Alderson	...	Carl (as Giles Anderson)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content and language.

Runtime:

Germany:85 min (European Film Market)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:16 | Germany:12 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-13 | USA:R | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Brooklands College, Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK

Company:

BaggyJoe Productions

Quotes:

Dad: ...the entertainment industry is an impossible road, full of obstacles... now we admire your ambition Joe, ambition is everything... you've got to follow your dream... that way when you fail, you can always say, well at least you tried...

Movie Connections:

References Bride & Prejudice (2004)

Soundtrack:

I Want Candy

A Nice Little Comedy That Doesn't Try Too Hard

I Want Candy is the story of two aspiring film-students who find themselves making a porn film in Leatherhead.

Looking at the poster for the film, I was expecting this to be a dumb British version of the all-too familiar teen comedies that pollute our screens every summer (American Pie, Dude Where's My Car?, Not Another Teen Movie, etc.). How wrong I was. It's not the greatest film ever made, but it doesn't try to be.

Surprisingly, there's no nudity in the film whatsoever and the references to sex and porn are handled with a modicum of taste - again, not what you would expect.

Eddie Marsan (Gangster No.1, Vera Drake, The Illusionist) is excellent, as usual, as the sleazy film producer whilst Mackenzie Crook blesses us with his presence as a lecturer who desperately seeks kudos from the students.

My two criticisms of the film would have to be the typical Hollywood ending (which, like Carmen Electra, didn't really suit the sleepy Leatherhead suburb location) and the poor characterisation of Baggy (one of the two male leads).

I would probably recommend this film to friends - if only for the very funny bathroom scene.