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Name: Pleasantville
Released: 1998-10-1
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J.T. Walsh

Pleasantville

PG-13
2h 3m
1998

86%

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In this modern fairy tale an entire fictional town is granted a chance to experience the comedies and dangers of real life when two late 20th Century teenagers accidentally bring living color to a mysterious suburb trapped in a black-and-white '50s utopia--and set off a revolution.

Director:

Gary Ross

Producer:

Jon Kilik, Robert J. Degus, Steven Soderbergh, Gary Ross, Michael DeLuca, Mary Parent

Writer:

Gary Ross

Cast:

Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J.T. Walsh, Reese Witherspoon, Don Knotts

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

86%

Critics Consensus: Filled with lighthearted humor, timely social commentary, and dazzling visuals, Pleasantville is an artful blend of subversive satire and well-executed Hollywood formula.

Reviews

615 Film

Cory Woodroof

Tobey Maguire, Joan Allen and especially Jeff Daniels are all tremendous here, and Gary Ross gives it just enough of a personality to give it an edge. Don Knotts is also doing his thing here, which I appreciate.

When characters begin to refer to "coloured people" in a film with exactly zero actual people of colour in the entire work, Ross' allegory shifts from weak to active inappropriate.

April 7, 2021

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TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

It is a reminder to me that the changes I wish to see in society I must first make within myself.

September 20, 2020

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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

Kathi Maio

Is Pleasantville worth the trip? Sure. It's not the movie it might have been, but so few are.

February 26, 2020

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