by - written on 23/11/10, updated on 23/11/10 (Very useful, 22 readings)
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**This review is also listed on Ciao, under my username "MonsoonBaby88"** Depictions of 1950's America have been done countless times before in films and games alike. From Marty McFly changing history in a pleasant, bright looking 1955 in the hugely successful Back To The Future, whilst Fallout 3, a game available ... Read the complete review
by - written on 15/07/10 (Very useful, 43 readings)
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If you are familiar with the children's book "The Giver" (Winner of the Newberry Medal, 1994) it is basically the same idea. A world where people are sheep (not literally) forbidden to express emotions and use their imagination. Surrounded in black and white - oblivious to a world filled with colours and feelings. But, enough ... Read the complete review
by - written on 22/05/09 (Very useful, 20 readings)
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Toby Maguire and Reese Witherspoon star here as teenage siblings David and Jennifer in 90s America. She is cool, he really isn't. On an evening when Witherspoon finally gets a date with her dream guy there is also a marathon showing of Pleasantville, a black and white soap/sit-com about an idyllic small town somewhere in the American ... Read the complete review
by - written on 18/12/08 (Very useful, 25 readings)
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This is one of those film that you can enjoy and watch a number of times. Written and directed by the fantastic gary ross, responsible for Dave and big this film follows tobey maguire and reese witherspoon as they are transported and trapped in a 1950's tv show. The film starts of in colour and once transported they are in a black and ... Read the complete review
by - written on 12/11/08 (Useful, 16 readings)
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David (Tobey Maguire) and Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon) are not alike at all, even though they are brother and sister. David is a nerd and Jennifer is one of the coolest kids in school. David loves watching the old black and white TV show 'Pleasantville' and Jennifer likes watching MTV. One day, Jennifer and David get sucked ... Read the complete review
by - written on 05/08/08, updated on 06/03/12 (Very useful, 241 readings)
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I had watched this film quite a few years ago but couldn't really remember much about it so when I settled down to watch it today it was like watching it from new and also quite surprising. I had a vague recollection of a quiet gentle film where not much happened but although this might appear to be so on the surface, this is not what ... Read the complete review
by - written on 27/02/06 (Very useful, 584 readings)
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Pleasantville U.S.A, the typical image of 1950's Middle America, where polite inhabitants wander around the perfectly kept streets busying themselves with everyday chores never wondering about the big world outside of their small village, never experiencing emotion or seeing true colour. 1990's Middle America, an urban jungle ruled by ... Read the complete review
by - written on 12/06/02, updated on 12/06/02 (Very useful, 510 readings)
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David (Tobey Maguire) is a huge fan of the old 50's sitcom Pleasantville which follows the fictional lives of the perfect Parker family and the town they live in, so when he discovers that there will be a 24 hr marathon of his prized tv show he sets himself up infront of the tv to watch hours of family bliss. However his sister ... Read the complete review
by - written on 23/03/02, updated on 23/03/02 (Very useful, 84 readings)
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This film is a real modern fairy tale, there is a sense of magic about the plot and the way it is made. Siblings (played by Reese Witherspoon and Tobey Maguire) get sucked into a black and white T.V show about a perfect family in a perfect town (Pleasantville). They find that they are now black and white and the children of a ... Read the complete review
by - written on 11/07/01, updated on 11/07/01
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Like the characters in a reverse Wizard of Oz, American teens David and Jenifer find themselves teleported from their complicated colourful, modern existence into a safe, regulated, monochrome one. That's the beguiling premise of Pleasantville, the assured directorial debut from noted screenwriter Gary Ross. Don't ask how ... Read the complete review
by - written on 19/05/01, updated on 19/05/01 (Very useful, 94 readings)
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As a student of media, I can appreciate this film not only for it's intricate plot, but for it's ideology (issues tackled) and it's fantastic use of colour and effects. The opening few scenes did put me off a bit, I thought 'oh no not another teen flick' but from the moment the mysterious TV repair man ... Read the complete review
by - written on 25/03/01, updated on 22/05/02
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This one I saw on a flight to New York a couple of years ago and its not the sort of film I would rent.Its never easy following a movie on a plane with those headphones in the plastic bags. Its beautifully filmed with a striking visual design and fantastic sets that don’t let you look away even though the film itself is ... Read the complete review
by - written on 12/03/01, updated on 12/03/01 (Very useful, 81 readings)
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A world where there has never been any rain. Never been any hatred. Never been any tears or aggression, is about to change. I remember watching this when i was in America and was truly intrigued by the powerful storyline, hidden amongst the scenes of comedy. Two teenagers enter the television show, ... Read the complete review
by - written on 04/12/00, updated on 10/01/01
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This film tells the story of David (Tobey Maguire) and his sister Jennifer (Reece Witherspoon). They are children of a broken home and are two completely different characters. David is a quiet, unassuming soul who is an avid watcher of a 50’s television show called Pleasantville, in fact he is an expert on the subject. Jennifer, ... Read the complete review
by - written on 20/11/00, updated on 20/11/00 (Useful, 40 readings)
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This is one of those films that really makes me feel good about the movies. It concerns two teenagers who get sucked from their 1990s world into a television show which was made in the 1950s. They bring 1990s sensibilities to a world which isn't ready for them. The special effects are excellent, with the 1950s sequences being ... Read the complete review
by - written on 01/11/00, updated on 01/11/00 (19 readings)
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Well,it's certainly different.I was expecting probably more than the film delivered, and felt slightly cheated. The film lost it's way halfway through, and I felt that more could be made of the situation the people in the town were in. They were all grey, and went about their business in the old predictable way they had always ... Read the complete review
by - written on 25/10/00, updated on 25/10/00 (Useful, 53 readings)
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This film is about a couple of teenagers who are pulled into their TV by a super duper remote, given to them by a conveniently passing TV repairman. They're pulled into Pleasantville, which is one of those kitsch 50s shows, shown on a classic TV channel, and in black and White. But pretty soon, they're breaking out of ... Read the complete review
by - written on 09/10/00, updated on 09/10/00 (Useful, 47 readings)
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This film sounded like such a good idea, but I'm afraid it didn't really impress me very much. Two teenagers get sucked into a cheesy 1950s black and white tv series, and have to try and work out how to get 'home' Sure, there are some funny moments, and some touching scenes, but the whole thing doesn't ... Read the complete review
by - written on 04/10/00, updated on 04/10/00 (Useful, 35 readings)
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Did you like the Truman Show? If so you will probably like Pleasantville or at least be familiar with the ‘feel’ of the film, in fact I think you’ll recognise a large chunk of the soundtrack. The plot is simple. Two hip(ish) mineties teenagers find themselves living in a 50’s soap where all the characters ... Read the complete review
