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  • Pretty Persuasion
  • Opened August 12, 2005
  • Kimberly Joyce is a 15-year-old girl at a Beverly Hills private school who is also a master manipulator. She decides falsely accusing her drama teacher of sexual harassment will be a great way to gain publicity to further her career. A media frenzy Read More
  • Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Ron Livingston, James Woods, Elisabeth Harnois, Jane Krakowski, Selma Blair
  • Director: Marcos Siega
  • Genres: Comedy, Drama

Pretty Persuasion Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

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  • 80
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    An obscene, misanthropic go-for-broke satire, Pretty Persuasion is so gleefully...

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Carina Chocano

    It's too bad that the satire is not more pointed, because Pretty Persuasion is...

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Only partly successful.

  • 50
    Wall Street Journal |

    Ms. Wood, who made a potent impression two years ago as a nave adolescent led...

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