Review of Pretty Persuasion (2005) by Leesa M — 04 Mar 2008

Dirty, dry, humor; great unknown movie and Evan Rachel Wood is awesome.

This review of Pretty Persuasion (2005) was written by Leesa M on 04 Mar 2008.

Pretty Persuasion has generally received positive reviews.

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