Pleasantville

1998

Action / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy

41
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 85% · 96 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 79% · 100K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 141809 141.8K

sibling relationship dystopia diner satire book burning coming of age

Director

Gary Ross Photo
Gary Ross

Top cast

Paul Walker Photo
Paul Walker as Skip Martin
Nancy Lenehan Photo
Nancy Lenehan as Marge Jenkins
Tobey Maguire Photo
Tobey Maguire as David
William H. Macy Photo
William H. Macy as George Parker
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
1.02 GB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
2 hr 4 min
Seeds 9
1.98 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
2 hr 4 min
Seeds 41

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by robbscott-1 8 / 10

It ain't Citizen Kane...

...nor is it The Bicycle Thief, Casablanca, or Taxi Driver. But it's a damn nice modern take on Capra.The reviewers here that're trashing this film are completely missing the point - they either know nothing about film, or way too much. It's a fable, folks, and if there's lapses in logic or some smarmy moments, well, deal with it. It's a marvelous, well constructed flick and an enjoyable way to spend a couple hours.There's no blood, or explosions. A bit of sex, but nothing gratuitous and it's essential to the plot. Cue up a copy and prepare to smile.It's keen...!
Reviewed by Isaac5855 8 / 10

A brilliant and vastly underrated cinematic experience

PLEASANTVILLE had to be one of the biggest surprises I've ever had at the movies. This superbly mounted and completely winning fantasy starred Toby Maguire and Reese Witherspoon as a contemporary teenage brother and sister who are magically transported into a black and white television show called "Pleasantville", a show similar to "Leave it to Beaver" or "I Love Lucy", where everyone in the town knows each other, where the fire department only saves cats from trees and never put out fires and where there are no pages in the books or toilets in the bathrooms. Maguire's character is a "Pleasantville" trivia expert so he knows everyone there and everything that's going to happen but sis Witherspoon is a stranger in a strange land whose introduction of 1990's sensibilities to the citizens of this town brings about extraordinary changes. The film is beautifully made with a very smart screenplay and superb performances, the best of which is by Joan Allen, who is luminous as Betty, the mother in the sitcom who is shocked at first but learns to accept the 1990's coming to Pleasantville. Yes, it may borrow from other movies, but there is a freshness and originality to this movie that is most engaging and anytime with Don Knotts is time well spent.
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