The second week of "Fruit Hard Candy" is still very popular. First, the New York Post reported that the four theaters in New York are still in short supply. The movies achieved a single-day box office of New York on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, which is just the box office of a city in New York. The daily data are basically the same as those of weekends, and people can clearly feel the movie craze.

Then "Los Angeles Weekly" reported that three theaters in Los Angeles also welcomed a surge of audiences. Tickets for the 8 o'clock prime time and 10 o'clock prime time are completely hard to find, and even tickets for the 12 o'clock lunch break are sold out.

In the full-scale screening, the media's professional film reviews finally came late. The film critics finally enjoyed the work on the big screen one after another, and then gave feedback as soon as possible. Previously, professional film reviews from Roger, Lawrence and others could see their attitudes. Even if they scored 100 points, they still used words such as "torture", "torture" and "torture", which made people full of doubts - what kind of work is this? After the first batch of film reviews were finally released, the mysterious veil of "fruit hard candy" was slowly unveiled.

"Bold! Adventure! Exciting! Thrilling! Deep! Most importantly, wonderful! I want to make such a story attractive, not hateful, but also have depth, which is definitely a serious challenge to the director and screenwriter. Strello, once again, maintained his true self-centeredness and dedicated the most amazing work this year! What is even more commendable is that the two actors, Alan Peggy and Lancelot Strello, have contributed wonderful performances, especially the latter. His performance is light and eclipses the Oscar-level performance." One hundred points!

"Oh no! Terrible! For a full 120 minutes, innocent people were tortured. Every shot in the movie challenges the moral bottom line and tries to hurt every innocent bystander. The core of the seemingly social criticism is actually just the arrogance of arrogance. The whole work is full of wanton behavior beyond the law and morality. Every minute and every second make people feel uncomfortable and the impulse of vomiting is difficult to control. In this case, the innocent are the audience of the movie." Zero points!

"It's impressive and profound! Calm down and watch the movie, and the audience will find that they must make a decision: Who is the party of justice? After the movie is over, reflection has just begun. Strello handed over a perfect answer, conducting a deafening analysis of law, morality, and justice, bloody, cruel, but profound." One hundred points!

"Cold! Indifferent! Cruel! Horror! Thriller! Every shot of the movie is full of arrogant indifference and no sympathy. The sight standing behind the camera is filled with a kind of banter, bloodthirsty cruelty and indifference, which makes the story full of alienation and a sense of pleasure/sensation like a 'serial killer'." Zero points!

"Extremely exciting! The ten-minute long shot is majestic, pushing the chemical reactions and ideological metaphors of the characters' relationship to the extreme in a limited pattern. This is the most absurd, crazy and even bloody and cruel long shot since the 'weekend' of Jean-luc-godard in 1967, shocking the imagination of every audience!" Ninety-five points.

"It's Lancelot-Stralo again. He always tries to inject more tragic atmosphere of compassion into the movie, but this characteristic seems pretentious and trivial, not to mention that the extremely cold shots remove all emotions and do not have any ability to resonate with people. The characters in the movie are undoubtedly ridiculous, but if you are keen on such works, maybe you can accept their stupidity. But personally, I would rather delete this movie from my memory immediately." 10.

"It's a difficult movie viewing process, but the powerful attraction of the movie can surpass all physical discomfort and gather all attention. Once it captures your curiosity, it won't let go easily." Ninety.

"Obviously, the 'Fruit Hard Candy' firmly believes that romance/childhood/fetish should be cut into countless small pieces and buried in an unmarked grave. The only purpose is to make people feel scared. Of course, this is a work that is a waste of time." Twenty.

"The movie is full of wisdom and cunning. It makes a hunter pretend to be prey and completes his hunting, which really challenges everyone's moral bottom line, a character that has not been seen in the past decade. When filming this work, Allen Peggy was only sixteen years old. There is no doubt that a child can play an important role in the annoying and boring game of adults and win the game. Also, isn't Lancelot Strello the most sexually/sensual bad guy in history?". Eighty-eight points.

"The whole movie is filled with unpleasant negative emotions and cruel visual impact (meaningless close-ups and long shots showing off), what does Hailey mean to Jeff's series of terrible torture mean? Although the two actors have dedicated their best performances so far in the awards season, it's hard to say otherwise." Thirty.

From the 100 points for the New York Times to the zero points for the San Francisco Chronicle; from the 95 points for the Wall Street Journal to the 10 points for the Los Angeles Times; from the 88 points for the Washington Post to the 20 points for the Seattle Post... It can be clearly seen that the media's emotions about this movie are really mixed, and it is even difficult to describe it in an accurate vocabulary.

It is still hard to forget that when "City of Sin" was released, there was a spectacular scene of 100 points and zero points flying together. Under the controversial and chaotic pattern, this movie also made the box office myth of the cult work. The exciting scene is still vivid in my mind. Now "Fruit Hard Candy" has emerged again and is once again trapped in the interweaving of love and hate. But "City of Sin" is special. People who like it are crazy about it, and people who hate it deeply hate it, and the situation of "Fruit Hard Candy" is completely different.

Even those who praise this movie will not deny that the viewing process is a torture, especially the long ten-minute shot, which records the "castration" process in a realistic and bloody way. Although it was later confirmed that everything was just an illusion, the audience did not know that the realism that penetrated into the bone marrow almost made everyone tremble, especially men. It is no exaggeration to say that no man would want to see such a movie record the unpleasant process in such a way, and the spoilers of threatened crotch/under are enough to make every man creepy.

Even if this part is aside, Hayley's cold blood and indifference in the movie push Jeff to the brink of collapse almost step by step, which is also a severe test for the audience's moral bottom line. Similar to "Saw", the movie is definitely a disaster for those defenders.

In just five days of pre-screening, at least thirteen people in Los Angeles and New York left the scene due to physical discomfort, and the number of viewers who vomited exceeded 30 - most of them men. In addition, during the Wednesday screening, two pastors disrupted the normal screening of the movie at the Landmark Cinema in New York. They stood up and cursed at the screen, causing the audience to be unable to continue watching the movie. In the end, the theater security personnel took action and forced the two pastors to take away, which calmed the riots.

All these news can be clearly felt that "Fruit Hard Candy" is not a work that "everyone loves, flowers bloom when they bloom."

However, to put it another way, the movie can express this thriller and fear so well, even making people emotionally out of control, just as the ultimate task of a horror movie is to scare the audience to death. This is undoubtedly a success. The atmosphere, rhythm control, psychological suggestion and other aspects in the movie are top-notch. The most important thing is that what is wrapped in this thriller story is Lance's torture and thinking about crime, justice, and morality, which makes the guardians' stomachs burn. This is one of the goals and truly triggers everyone's deep reflection.

The profound considerations revealed in the small pattern are also the best part of the movie. What's more, no one can deny the ingenuity and careful conception of this movie. Under the wonderful interpretation of the two actors, it makes people feel immersive, with every minute and every second ups and downs.

So, "Fruit Hard Candy" is such a disgusting but lovely work, like a delicious dessert, which makes you feel guilty but can't refuse. This is the most magical charm of the movie, isn't it?

With the advancement of the preview week, the professional film critics began to appear one after another, and finally showed a trend of blooming flowers, which made people feel relieved. As the most popular director in North America, Lance's works can always attract the attention of film critics. What's more, the popularity of this work has always been high since its preview, but professional film critics have never appeared, which is really strange. Now, the feedback from film critics has finally become richer in their sight.

Among the first batch of comments about "Fruit Hard Candy", forty companies appeared, which is rare for an art film. Twenty-three gave positive reviews, nine gave mixed emotions and eight gave negative reviews. This data alone shows that in the mixed love and hate, the rationality of film critics finally defeated their sentiment and gave positive reviews.

In the end, the media comprehensive evaluation reached 78 points!
Chapter completed!