movie poster for PLEASANTVILLE

Flicks ID

8688

Cert

12

Running time

120 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

PLEASANTVILLE (1998)

GARY ROSS

Plot

This thoughtful, feelgood fantasy-comedy-drama is Hollywood at its best. Nineties teenager Tobey Maguire and his wild child sister Reese Witherspoon get the culture shock of their lives when they're sucked through the TV into '50's sitcom Pleasantville. Given that in Pleasantville there's never been passion, hatred, war, tears, rain, or even colour, the residents get quite a surprise too when real life starts creeping into their perfect, monochrome world. Thought-provoking and thoroughly entertaining.