Pleasantville
Directed by Gary Ross
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.
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Pleasantville Ratings & Reviews
- lind537February 20, 2026One of my favorite movies growing up. I used to watch this on reruns on TBS. Absolutely love this movie. 10/10 every time.
- NewFilmsAnonymousJune 29, 2025Gen Z girls waking up to the Mary Sue character arc was not part of the original plan. Have another rice square.
- Charles HiltonFebruary 17, 2026A fun romp that's held up over the years. Makes you think.
- lovinlif39August 25, 2025There are so many messages in this movie
- Juan SandovalAugust 21, 2025“We’re supposed to be in color!”
- seanlake181February 17, 2026We love this movie. It's beautiful not only in film, but directing, storyline and visuals. Humans at an innocence pushed beyond change, responding in fear, ultimately embracing the change, except one, and growing. Lovely story paralleling current climate.
- Essan KofiAugust 5, 2025A very pleasant watch!
- eloisazambrano918January 20, 2026Was a Pleasant movie 😎
- maddie19January 18, 2026A star studded cast but it just isn't climatic nor attention-grabbing. Sorry, Reese & Toby & Mr Macy & Bridges!
- Willard Wiliker WilliamsJanuary 6, 2026Must be awfully lucky to see colours like that. I'll bet they don't know how lucky they are.
- MathewNovember 27, 2025Amazing film.
- Phil C.July 31, 2025great entertainment
Pleasantville Trivia
Pleasantville was released on October 23, 1998.
Pleasantville was directed by Gary Ross.
Pleasantville has a runtime of 2h 4m.
Pleasantville was produced by Steven Soderbergh, Jon Kilik, Gary Ross.
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.
The key characters in Pleasantville are David (Tobey Maguire), Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon), George Parker (William H. Macy).
Pleasantville is rated PG-13.
Pleasantville is a Comedy, Fantasy, Drama film.
Pleasantville has an audience rating of 7.9 out of 10.
Pleasantville had a budget of $60M.
Pleasantville has made $49.8M at the box office.