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Plot Summary
Kimberly Joyce (Evan Rachel Wood) is an insanely intelligent, wildly funny, shockingly cruel and sexy-beyond-her-years Beverly Hills teenager who will stop at nothing to become famous, including accusing her drama teacher (Ron Livingston) of sexual harassment. Believing the world is an orchestra and she is the conductor, Kimberly masterfully manipulates all those around her. She convinces her two best friends to join her in a campaign against their befuddled teacher. Kimberly entangles the entire Beverly Hills community in her carefully woven web of seduction and deceit in this clever comedy.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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32%- Reviews Counted: 77
- Fresh: 25
- Rotten: 52
- Average Rating: 5.0/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: Partly a character study, partly a monster movie (with the girl as the monster) and partly a satire of American values in the modern age, the film is also, alas, only partly successful.
Rotten: Self-conscious, overdone, shallow, and just not up to the level of its star.
Rotten: Pretty Persuasion considers itself snarky black comedy, one of those self-consciously 'outrageous' artifacts that means to shock even as it amuses.
Rotten: Reminds me of a half-hour TV series that has a great pilot episode, then falls apart in subsequent installments.
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- Genre: Comedy
- Released: 2005
- © 2005 Pretty Persuasion , LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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