Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy
Two 1990's teenagers find themselves in a 1950's sitcom where their influence begins to profoundly change that complacent world.
DVD Release Date: March 23, 1999
Stats: 7,407 reviews
This and Purple Rose of Cairo are both about disrupted routine and comparing the fictional world of 50's TV or 30's movies to real life. I like the effects and all the performances (though Don Knotts is a little hokey). But the theme more than anything is what makes this story ...( read more)
Interesting movie about siblings being transported into a make believe time.
The idea of this movie is brilliant. A couple of kids from the 90's get thrown into the world of a 50's B&W sitcom where everything is just peachy. Peachy yes, but not very real. The firemen have never rescued anything other than a cat in a tree. The basketball team has never...( read more)
I cannot remember it well enough to evaluate it properly, but I love the idea. The story is like a 'Wizard of Oz' doppleganger, a loss of innocence and discovery of truth through color, imagination and rebellion.
Gary Ross' delightful, funny, thought-encouraging (if not provoking) parable is a modern-day take on an old message. David (Tobey Maguire) is a fairly typical suburban high school geek who is in love with a 50s TV Land-style sitcom called "Pleasantville." His sister Jennifer (Ree...( read more)
beautiful and thoughtful...starting out you think this is a generic comedy .. but in the end its dramatic roots shine proving to the viewer how wonderful this film is
take the colors inside of you out
amazing story,
can go a little futher though
A nice film which will keep most entertained with the simple plot. The beauty of the film is the effective use of black and white intermingling with colour.
Not normally my sort of film but watched and was really taken with it. I love the concept of black and white changing to colour to fit with the storyline,
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