Brittany Wells: "I like this music. Can you buy the soundtrack to pornos?
Kimberly Joyce: Tiffany Minx, Stephanie Swift... You know, Brittany, a lot of these porn stars have names that sound like ours. So if we wanted to, when we grow up, we could be porn stars. You couldn't, R...( read more)
Adi Schnall, Danny Comden, Elisabeth Harnois
An exclusive Beverly Hills private school is at the center of a sexual harrassment scandal when a teen girl and two classmates frame one of their teachers.
DVD Release Date: December 13, 2005
Stats: 778 reviews
Flixster Reviews (778)
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December 15, 2008
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October 22, 2008
I loved EVR in here...I love her in just about everything she does. She did awesome playing the evil, manipulative Kimberly.
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May 19, 2008
really messed up, one worth seeing, evan rachel wood is amazing as the meanest girl in school possibly town who does anything to get what she wants. I got it in the bargain bin for 1.99 great buy but its a shame when you see crap like potc 2/3 and spidey 3 fro 12.99 in bargain bi...( read more)
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March 12, 2008
My personal favorite when it comes to Evan's performances. The movie lacks of sense of rythm and flops at some moments while being captivating at some points. That doesn't make a good movie even if most of it is great, that's the main flaw. But Evan's performance is a truly tour-...( read more)
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July 21, 2009
"Randa, what's the greatest thing about this country? Sylvester Stallone? No. It's that anybody can sue anybody at anytime over anything."
An excellent dark comedy about American values.
Great cast with among others James Woods, Elisabeth Harnois, Adi Schnall, Ron Livingston, J...( read more) -
July 14, 2009
This movie is great it really shows the human nature and well how people really are Envious and oportunistic and ready to judge.. and isn't it the truth we are all sinners!! great!!
In Beverly Hills, the fifteen years old evil manipulative aspirant actress Kimberly Joyce (Evan...( read more) -
July 4, 2009
At times witty and at times irritating, Marcos Siega's Pretty Persuasion has trouble working as an actual movie with complete characters and convincing dialogue, especially in its first third and nearby its conclusion. But there are at least a good, sustained 50 minutes where it ...( read more)
Critic Reviews
Leaves no gender, race, class or religion untouched in its scabrous effort to show how cruel humans can be. But it also leaves viewers with no one at all to like, or believe. full review
Partly a character study, partly a monster movie (with the girl as the monster) and partly a satire of American values in the modern age, the film is also, alas, only partly successful. full review
The material in Pretty Persuasion needed to be handled as heavy drama, or played completely for comedy, and by trying to have it both ways, the movie has it neither way. full review
Sad to say, but satires about mean teen girls have gotten predictable. Stale. full review
Casts the cruel shenanigans at an upscale 90210 school as a metaphor for virtually everything in contemporary American life. full review
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