Pleasantville
- 2hr 4m
- 71
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Metacritic
100
The kind of parable that encourages us to re-evaluate the good old days and take a fresh look at the new world we so easily dismiss as decadent.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
88
Not only is Pleasantville a satire, a fantasy, and a visual marvel, but it's the best kind of feel-good movie.
James Berardinelli
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Movie Info & Cast
Director: Gary Ross
Producer: Allen Alsobrook, Robin Bissell, Andy Borowitz
Writer: Gary Ross
Release Date: Oct 23, 1998
Runtime: 2hr 4m
Synopsis
Two 1990s teenage siblings find themselves in a 1950s sitcom, where their influence begins to profoundly change that complacent world.
Cast
- Tobey Maguire
- Reese Witherspoon
- William H. Macy
- Joan Allen
- Jeff Daniels
- J.T. Walsh
- Don Knotts
- Marley Shelton
- Jane Kaczmarek
- Giuseppe Andrews
Did You Know?
Trivia
- The calendar in the Parkers' front room informs us that the Pleasantville-based portion of the film is set in April 1958. Another calendar in the back room of the soda shop is also for 1958.
Goofs
- While Mary Sue is explaining sex to her mother, her hair changes between shots.
Quotes
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- David: They're happy like this.
- Jennifer: No, David. Nobody's happy in a poodle skirt and a sweater set.
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