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Pleasantville
During a fight to have the remote control, David, a young courageous stupid guy and Jennifer, a young teenager and annoying daughter, find themselves trapped in a television drama, the Pleasantville, where everything is pleasant, the thing that challenges them, as they do their best to return to their house and life.
21 December 1955, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
23 January 1975
17 December 1974, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 January 1976, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
21 July 1924, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
12 August 1980, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
25 April 1979, Key Largo, Florida, USA
26 April 1953, Long Island, New York, USA
30 December 1973, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
2 September 1973, Lodi, California, USA
20 August 1956, Rochelle, Illinois, USA
12 April 1974, Los Angeles, California, USA
2 June 1968, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
15 October 1976, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
April 09, 2005
"Pleasantville" is a solid premier for director Ross, providing a thought-provoking story, solid acting and wonderful special F/X.
April 13, 2004
Hollywood satire is not usually this enjoyable: Both savage and silly, Pleasantville is an absolute blast.
August 13, 2011
Gary Ross (Big, Dave) makes an impressive directing debut with this charming, nicely executed fable, which contrasts values of the 1950s with those of the 1990s.
January 29, 2005
Someday, maybe someday soon, someone in Hollywood is going to make a genuinely great movie about television as a metaphor for America.
June 18, 2002
There's a terrific idea at the heart of Pleasantville, and it's a shame that its creator, Big screenwriter Gary Ross, can't figure where to take it.
December 27, 2010
Great movie for high schoolers and their parents.
October 18, 2008
Ingeniously conceived and impressively executed, "Pleasantville" is a provocative, complex and surprisingly anti-nostalgic parable wrapped in the beguiling guise of a commercial high-concept comedy.
April 12, 2002
Endearing it definitely is, so much so that it's easy to overlook the simplicity, and the sly confidence trick that gets played on us.
February 14, 2001
Ends up having more on its mind than it can successfully handle.
November 06, 2002
The lighthearted fable Pleasantville takes some pointed swipes at the make-believe world of 1950s TV -- and none too soon.
June 24, 2006
An ingenious fable, screenwriter Ross's directorial debut playfully spoofs the small-minded lifestyle idealised by 'family values' advocates, and the intolerance and insecurity underlying that ideal.
