Review of Pleasantville (1998) by Astrid J — 18 May 2009

Lol, I think this is one of the only films we did in english that I enjoyed, cant find it anywhere now :(.

This review of Pleasantville (1998) was written by Astrid J on 18 May 2009.

Pleasantville has generally received very positive reviews.

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