Pleasantville

Pleasantville

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Pleasantville

Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy, Joan Allen, Jeff Daniels, J.T. Walsh, Don Knotts, Marley Shelton, Jane Kaczmarek, Paul Walker

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

Id: 10244704

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  • August 31, 2009
    This and Purple Rose of Cairo are both about disrupted routine and comparing the fictional world of 50's TV or 30's movies to real life. I like the effects and all the performances (though Don Knotts is a little hokey). But the theme more than anything is what makes this story ...( read more)so enjoyable for me. The sex, music, color, art, library books, and general spirit of change that stirs up this innocent, gray, small town (I mean small town! Where there is nothing outside of Pleasantville!), bigoted, 50's TV sitcom world of the status quo, is creatively visualized.
  • 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) lost. David and Jennifer manage to introduce Pleasantville to feelings which changes everything.
  • 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.
  • November 12, 2009
    beautiful and thoughtful...starting out you think this is a generic comedy .. but in the end its dramatic roots shine proving to the viewer how wonderful this film is
  • November 12, 2009
    take the colors inside of you out
    amazing story,
    can go a little futher though
  • November 2, 2009
    A nice film which will keep most entertained with the simple plot. The beauty of the film is the effective use of black and white intermingling with colour.
  • November 1, 2009
    Fantastic movie, plot, acting!
  • October 31, 2009
    !Comercial or Stupid! :|

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