Review of Pleasantville (1998) by Baurushan J — 14 Feb 2013
The story is about a shy teen named David Wagner played by Tobey Maguire who is an obsessed fan with the black-and-white TV series named Pleasantville. David sometimes has disputes with his twin sister Jennifer played by Reese Witherspoon who wants to watch MTV just when a Pleasantville marathon is about to begin.
They struggle over the remote control, and it breaks. A strange TV repairman played by Don Knotts supplies their new remote, a potent high-tech device which zaps David and Jennifer inside Pleasantville, where they now have to live their lives in the 1950s just like how the TV series is set where sex does not exist, life is always pleasant, books have no words, bathrooms have no toilets, married couples sleep in twin beds, the high school basketball team always wins, and nobody ever questions "The Good Life.
". But Jennifer can't resist her 1990s attitude and goes off to change things around so that the black-and-white TV series can be changed to living colour. Pleasantville gets a 9.9/10; I know it's not perfect but it's almost perfect.
This review of Pleasantville (1998) was written by Baurushan J on 14 Feb 2013.
Pleasantville has generally received very positive reviews.
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