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  • Pleasantville
  • Opened September 17, 1998 | Runtime:2 hr. 3 min.
  • PG-13
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 15+. Read More
  • Impressed by high school student David's (Tobey Maguire) devotion to a 1950s family TV show, a mysterious television repairman (Don Knotts) provides him with a means to escape into the black-and-white program with his sister, Jennifer (Reese Read More
  • Cast: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J.T. Walsh
  • Director: Gary Ross
  • Genres: Americana, Fantasy Comedy, Comedy

Pleasantville Recent Fan Reviews

  • Must Go!

    Definately

    by MongrolMan

    This is a winner. With an awesome story with a lot of underlying meaning, this took the cake.

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Pleasantville Critic Reviews

Go Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    The kind of parable that encourages us to re-evaluate the good old days and...

  • 90
    Variety | Joe Leydon

    Ingeniously conceived and impressively executed, Pleasantville is a...

  • 90
    The New York Times | Elvis Mitchell

    Ingenious fantasy.

  • 88
    New York Daily News | Jami Bernard

    Giddily inventive.

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