Synopsis
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.
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Cast
- Tobey MaguireDavid
- Reese WitherspoonJennifer
- William H. MacyGeorge Parker
- Joan AllenBetty Parker
- Jeff DanielsMr. Johnson
- J.T. WalshBig Bob
- Paul WalkerSkip
- Don KnottsTV Repairman
- Marley SheltonMargaret Henderson
- Jane KaczmarekDavid's Mom
Recommendations
- 88
New York Daily News
Giddily inventive. - 80
The A.V. Club
To concentrate on the minor faults of a fable as beautiful and unusual as Pleasantville would be missing the point. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Delightful as it often is, the picture suffers fom the same structural and thematic tidiness, even smugness, that it nominally opposes. - 70
L.A. Weekly
The results are charming if rarely thrilling, with outstanding performances from Joan Allen and William H. Macy. - 70
Time
An epic-size, largely entertaining parable of repression and awakening. - 70
Film.com
Terrific idea, brilliantly worked out on a technical level. - 67
Portland Oregonian
May not be as successful as it is ambitious, but you could do worse than to spend a few hours there. - 60
Village Voice
Funny for about half an hour, Pleasantville thereafter becomes an increasingly lugubrious, ultimately exasperating mix of technological wonder and ideological idiocy.
