Pleasantville PG-13

Nothing is as simple as black and white.
Pleasantville
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DVD Details

  • Rated: PG-13
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 4 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: February 8, 2011
  • Originally Released: 1998
  • Label: New Line Home Video

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 230,863
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. Full Review
Time Out
Jun 24, 2006
Rating: B+ -- 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. Full Review
EmanuelLevy.Com
Aug 13, 2011
...Color and black and white exist magically and seamlessly in the same frames....PLEASANTVILLE further illustrates how limitless the future is for the inventive use of new technologies...
Los Angeles Times
Oct 23, 1998
Rating: 2/4 -- 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. Full Review
San Francisco Chronicle
Jun 18, 2002
Rating: 3/4 -- Though Ross works in some heavy-handed strokes, his portrait of stodgy Eisenhower America dazzles with some of the loveliest imagery of any 1990s film. Full Review
Boulder Weekly
Feb 23, 2006
...Gorgeous effects and a top-notch cast....A funny, feelgood Hollywood movie... -- 4 out of 5 stars
Total Film
Oct 1, 1999
Rating: 3.5/4 -- The lighthearted fable Pleasantville takes some pointed swipes at the make-believe world of 1950s TV -- and none too soon. Full Review
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Nov 6, 2002

Product Description:

Two modern American teenagers are sucked into their television set and end up living in a black-and-white fifties sitcom. Bewildered by their new world's naivete and innocence, they slowly start to add color and spice to the town's life. Eventually, however, they begin to question their influence, wondering if their advanced 90's attitudes are really that much better than those of the innocent past. Sterling effects and stand-out performances make this commentary on modern life a poignant, entertaining effort.

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