The first half of the film was so painful to watch that I considered turning off the DVD player. Strangely enough when words on the screen announce that we are now entering HELL (this is after the two lovers Dan (Heath Ledger) and Candy (Abbie Cornish), according to earlier words of the screen, were in HEAVEN and then came down to EARTH), moments of poetry give us reprieve from the self-destructive ways of two beautiful junkies. For the most part, it is simply depressing to see two young people throw away their lives because of drugs.  Now that Heath Ledger is dead after too many drugs found their way into his blood, the film is even more painful. Candy is worse than bitter sweet. Don’t try it.