Pleasantville

Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy

Two 1990's teenagers find themselves in a 1950's sitcom where their influence begins to profoundly change that complacent world.

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PG-13, 2 hrs. 4 min.

Directed by: Gary Ross

Released: October 23, 1998

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DVD Released: March 23, 1999

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  • January 11, 2009
    Interesting movie about siblings being transported into a make believe time.
  • August 31, 2008
    The idea of this movie is brilliant. A couple of kids from the 90's get thrown into the world of a 50's B&W sitcom where everything is just peachy. Peachy yes, but not very real. The firemen have never rescued anything other than a cat in a tree. The basketball team has never... ...( read more )
  • April 28, 2008
    totally original, fantastic direction
  • March 14, 2008
    I cannot remember it well enough to evaluate it properly, but I love the idea. The story is like a 'Wizard of Oz' doppleganger, a loss of innocence and discovery of truth through color, imagination and rebellion.
  • March 3, 2008
    This movie should be called "Dullsville".
  • June 24, 2009
    This is a fun film. A teen brother and sister both get transported into a old 1950's television show. Everything is black and white in that world. But they influence that world into things they would normally would never do. The world goes from being black and white to a world fu... ...( read more )

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View more Pleasantvi... reviews at RottenTomatoes.com
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

One of the year's best and most original films! full review

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  • baptistec4122
    July 20, 2008
    It looked very silly at first but is finally very smart !!!
  • maddyarkle
    January 4, 2007
    THIS IS UNDERRATED wat an amazing film
  • amanderrheart
    January 1, 2007
    i totally agree with that purple goth child.

    yeahh.
  • purplegothchild
    November 23, 2006
    Not normally my sort of film but watched and was really taken with it. I love the concept of black and white changing to colour to fit with the storyline,

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