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Movie Overview
Cast
• Tobey Maguire
• Reese Witherspoon
• Jeff Daniels
Director
• Gary Ross
MPAA Rating
PG-13
Pleasantville (1998)

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OFCS Rating: 92% Fresh
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83/100
"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."  Apollo Guide  Dan Jardine

C-
"The film satirizes the blandness of such seeming perfection."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

"An innovative and ethically provocative film about free spirits and those who would keep them down."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3.5/4
"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."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

"Enjoyable but a bit more successful in concept than realized execution."  Screen It!  Jim Judy

8/10
"It’s better that the filmmakers tried to do something different than make yet another pointless, witless, sterile comedy."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

5
"An inverted fish out of water tale - like taking a lion raised by sheep & putting it in the middle of the savannah."  Cinerina  Karina Montgomery

3.5/4
"What makes the effects work all the more impressive is how they are used to support story ideas rather than to serve as gratuitous eye candy."  Mr. Brown's Movies  Michael Dequina

4/5
"Um dos filmes mais inteligentes de 1998."  Cinema em Cena  Pablo Villaca

F
"For a movie that makes such a big deal about color, Pleasantville is awfully black and white."  Decent Films Guide  Steven D. Greydanus

10/10
"Astonishing, intriguing, irresistible!"  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Susan Granger

7/10
Read review  Film Freak Central  Bill Chambers

4.5/5
Read review  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

3/4
Read review  Cinemaphile.org  David Keyes

5/10
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Dragan Antulov

3/4
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Dustin Putman

4/4
Read review  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

4.5/5
Read review  Netflix  James Rocchi

3.5/4
Read review  Palo Alto Weekly  Jeanne Aufmuth

high +1 out of -4..+4
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

2.5/4
Read review  Movie Habit  Marty Mapes

9/10
Read review  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

4/5
Read review  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

10/10
Read review  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

10/10
Read review  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf

Read review  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

Read review  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

Read review  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

Read review  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford
OFCS Rating: 92% Fresh
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