Pretty Persuasion (Sell) (DVD, 2006)

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Pretty Persuasion. Movie/ T V Title: Pretty Persuasion. Actor: Evan Rachel Wood. Format: DVD. Release Date: 2006. Director: Marcos Siega. Genre: Drama.

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Music-video director Marcos Siega infuses this entertainingly dark social satire with stylish camerawork and clever editing. While visually rooted in the bubble gum teen comedy aesthetic, PRETTY PERSUASION boldly insists on taking brutal stabs at topics as sensitive as the war in Iraq, religion, and race. With a deceptively sweet appearance and a genius IQ, 15-year-old aspiring actress Kimberly Joyce (Evan Rachel Wood) has the world in the palm of her perfectly manicured hand. When she takes new Arab student Randa (Adi Schnall) under her shallow wings, it is with the ulterior motives she has learned from her crazy, porn-watching, coke-snorting racist father (James Woods), his blank trophy wife (Jaime King), and perverted teachers like Mr. Anderson (Ron Livingston). Desperately wanting the publicity, Kimberly convinces her sidekicks Randa and Brittany (Elisabeth Harnois) to make false allegations of sexual abuse against Mr. Anderson. While Anderson may not be a good teacher or role model, he is not guilty of actual sexual assault. When Anderson buys his wife (Selma Blair) a skirt identical to the uniform worn by his students, his inappropriate feelings are revealed. The film suggests that society can expect no less than Kimberly's self-described precociousness from a generation that values good looks, fame, and money over honesty, goodness, and moral integrity. Wood shines as Kimberly, a villain who is truly the victim of the world around her. While Kimberly is hellbent on getting what she wants, it is hard to see how someone who has so internalized society's warped ideology.

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ProducerTodd Dagres, Matthew Weaver

EAN5055002552779

eBay Product ID (ePID)59550667

Product Key Features

ActorEvan Rachel Wood, Selma Blair, James Woods, Elisabeth Harnois, Jaime King, Danny Comden, David Wagner, Josh Zuckerman, Ron Livingston, Stark Sands, Jane Krakowski

Film/TV TitlePretty Persuasion (Sell)

DirectorMarcos Siega

LanguageEnglish

Run Time95 Mins

Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen

Release Year2006

FormatDVD

FeaturesWidescreen

GenreDrama, Comedy

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate18

ReviewsBizarre - Smart sexy and super stylish, Mail On Sunday - Desperate Housewives for teens...James Woods deserves an award, Sight And Sound - Entertaining. This is largely thanks to a tour de force performance from Evan Rachel Wood., Total Film - There's fun to be had in Siega's acid, satirical play on high-school movies<BR><BR>

ScreenwriterSkander Halim

Sound sourceDolby Digital 2.0 Stereo

Movie/TV TitlePretty Persuasion (Sell)