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Summary: A very unique "combo" movie that shatters all the limits
Review: This movie expands, shatters and rebuilds the limits in as little as two hours. This movie combines more of everything that no movie's ever touched: two cultures (90's and 50's), two formats (Color and B&W), two genres (Comedy and Drama) and two great actors (Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon). And the results are very realistic and booming, all proposed by writer Gary Ross. You've never seen a movie like this, and you never will. If you like movies that break all the limits, see Pleasantville.
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Summary: A truly moving movie
Review: This movie covers alot of issues, but still leaves you with the feeling that you have gotten to know the characters.Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon are fantastic, but the Mom character steals the show.She is innocence incarnate that blooms with knowledge to become a truly self discovered and self confident woman.This is story,as I said, that covers many issues, but I feel the most important one it brings up is self awareness and belief in something...not just blind faith that this is the way things should be because they always have been that way, but that things are this way because they should be or they should be changed.I laughed out loud and cried too.When a movie can reach inside of you and make you feel, you know it is a good movie.When a movie makes you think even after the credits have rolled, then you know it is a great movie.Pleasantville is both.A must see in my book.
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Summary: A very different film!
Review: Pleasantville is a great film. I saw it in the theatres when it first came out. The DVD version is incredible. This film really has something to say about our society and people in general
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Summary: Brillant, This is one of my favorite Movies
Review: Pleasantville, is an excellent film that most of us can relate to in one way or another. Every now and then people need to be reminded. The grass isn't any greener on the other side. I especially was able to relate to "Dave" played by Tobey Maguire (who was brillant as usual). His character was not happy and found escape from life through old TV shows.
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Summary: A movie that makes you think for a change.
Review: I loved this movie. The visual effects were great, but I don't care much about that. I loved the ideas in the movie, and the music was wonderful.The world of Pleasantville was an exaggeration of 1950's sitcoms, but it is only a question of degree. In this world, as in 1950's sitcoms, there is no real conflicts or serious problems. The "good old days" are a myth. "No coloreds" signs in windows were a reality. Book burnings were a reality. The only reason that book burnings are not common now is that the have become counterproductive. In this movie, people gain color when they are shaken out of how they are supposed to see the world, by real feelings. The first sign of color was a simple rose. Yes, at the beginning, sex was shaking people out of their world-view, but that passed. Soon, books and art were opening people's minds. Don Knotts plays a character that is rather like Promtheus from Greek mythology. Instead of giving fire to humans, he opens up a world of possibilities that they hadn't even been capable of experiencing. The movie is not "preachy" - it just expresses ideas. Everything is not a paradise at the end. There still are problems to deal with, but the point is that it is impossible to go back to a the "good old days", because they were not real.
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Summary: Unique idea is wonderfully executed.
Review: Wonderful example of filmmakers fantasy turned to reality as writer Gary Ross (Big, Dave) takes the director's chair for the first time in this marvelous story of contemporary values thrust upon the 'Father Knows Best'-like world of the 50's. Could Marion Cunningham (Happy Days) lust for another man? Could Wally (Leave it to Beaver) go 'all the way'? Those are no longer conundrums in the fictional town of Pleasantville, after a couple of 90's teens, through what might only be described as 'movie magic', are swept right into 'TV Land". The story has every bit the charm of both the other Ross pictures, and a smart cast of William H Macy, Reese Witherspoon, and Joan Allen, with a wonderful performance by Don Knotts. The visual effects are superb, the use of color deliberately to accent the stark b/w landscape of Pleasantville, is worth the price of admission alone.
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Summary: Underappreciated Film. Very Symbolic
Review: I found the film to be very symbolic of Adam & Eve in the garden of Eden. Don Knotts character of the Television repairman is a cross between God and Satan. He puts the kids in Pleasantville (Eden) to act out the characters on the show. It's by Reese Whitherspoon's character deflowering the captain of the basketball team that crosses the line of 'eating from the tree of knowledge.' When Toby Maquire's character is in the park with the other school kids talking about life and books, it is one of the school girls, in black and white, that presents Toby with a bright red apple (forbidden fruit). Even when the tree in front of the familiy's house catches on fire (burning bush) symbolizes the displeasure of God. Knotts/God character communicates with the kids, to tell them that he wants them out of Pleasantville, cause the are ruining the show is very symbolic to the explusion from the Garden.
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Summary: Great movie with awesome special effects.
Review: 'Pleasantville' sort of reminds me of 'The Wizzard of Oz'. I guess it's 'cause in both movies, it goes from color to black and white or from black and white to color. Anyway, the acting is great. Tobey Miguire and Reese Witherspoon shines in this movie. The acting in this movie (by all the actors) is unbelievably good. This movie shows that not everything in life can be perfect. That people change no matter what and you can't stop them from changing. This is one of my all time favorite movies. This movie has everything: Special effects, romance. Everything. I really recommend this movie. P.S.: Tobey Maguire is sooo cute!
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Summary: Highly Imaginative, Very Well Done. A Must See.
Review: Unlike any other movie you'll see, and exceptionally well-executed. Entertaining, romantic, and makes unique use of B&W vs. color. The 90s meet the 50s, and...could it be? The kids from the 90s like the 50s better. Perfect casting makes for a seamless production.
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Summary: Great movie, horrible DVD
Review: While I thoroughly enjoyed the movie on all major levels (acting, plot, color use, etc.), I was appalled by the horrendous quality of the DVD. Towards the latter portion of the DVD, the audio and visual tracks do not match, and the film looks like a poorly dubbed foreign film. The DVD features are somewhat pleasing, although the introductory "color match" is quite annoying. Those who have not seen the movie should stick with VHS for their first viewing, and fans of the movie looking for their own copy should think twice before buying this poorly done DVD of an otherwise exceptional movie.
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