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Pleasantville (1998)
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Reviews Counted:83
Fresh:71
Rotten:12
Average Rating:7.5/10
Consensus: High production values and an original story impressed critics.
Runtime: 2 hrs 16 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Two modern American teenagers are sucked into their television set and end up living in a black-and-white fifties sitcom. Bewildered by their new world's naivete and innocence, they slowly start to... [More]
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen
Director: Gary Ross
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Reviews for Pleasantville
The acting in this film -- particularly Maguire, Allen and Daniels (whom I don't generally find very appealing) -- is terrific, but the show belongs to Gary Ross.
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A brilliant comedy!
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The movie has less biting originality than The Truman Show, but it proves that director Ross retains screenwriter Ross's flair for exploring real-life issues through divertingly far-fetched plots.
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The film satirizes the blandness of such seeming perfection.
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A thoughtful and technically ambitious cultural fable!
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The film is a magical experience.
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Ambitious, ingenious and visually breathtaking!
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A most original film!
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Funny for about half an hour, Pleasantville thereafter becomes an increasingly lugubrious, ultimately exasperating mix of technological wonder and ideological idiocy.
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Top CriticFascinating!
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The most stunning thing about Pleasantville is the film's look, which rivals that of the year's other two most visually-impressive productions, Dark City and What Dreams May Come.
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Top Criticthis smart, funny, visually dazzling film is the kind of moviegoing experience you're unlikely to forget.
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Much of the interest here is in watching how the black-and-white scenes (filmed on color stock) begin to flower.
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Top CriticOne of the year's delights!
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Top CriticA pretty nice place to visit for a while. But to be honest, a two-hour trip there seems like too much of a good thing.
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Enjoyable but a bit more successful in concept than realized execution.
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