Pretty Persuasion Review by Jessica Film Junkie (2.5 Stars)

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Directed By
Marcos Siega

Written By:
Skander Halim

Cast:
Evan Rachel Wood, David Wagner, Brent Goldberg, Elisabeth Harnois, Stark Sands, Jane Krakowski, Michael Hitchcock, Danny Comden, Jaime King, Josh Zuckerman, James Snyder, Ron Livingston, Cody McMains, Mike Erwin, James Woods, Selma Blair, Johnny Lewis, Lisa Arturo, Alex D�sert, Tina Holmes, Perry Hayes, Clyde Kusatsu, Robert Joy, Navid Negahban, Octavia Spencer, Angelo Spizzirri, Jessica Landon, Michael Kozak, Julie Wittner, Shanna Olson, Ira David Wood IV, David C. Taylor, Shanna Olson, Christopher Thornton, Deprece Reddick, Aydiee Vaughn, Harley, Monty Buckles, Jake Hanover, Alexis Krause, Amber Matthews, Daniel A. Ortiz, Adi Schnall, Veena Bidasha, Tim Coston

Pretty Persuasion (2005)

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Movie Review by Jessica Film Junkie
April 29th, 2007

A Movie That Hates Everyone Equally

The kind of movie that just seems to hate everybody. It is the story of a popular teenage girl, Kimberly (Evan Rachel Wood) who accuses a teacher (Ron Livingston) of sexual abuse along with two of her friends.

The film hates teenage girls, it tells us that they are nasty, over-sexualized pieces of work that are always looking for a way to manipulate everything in their path, or that they are virginal and innocent and would never do anything wrong if they were not coerced into it. It re-states the Madonna and the wh*re, but in highschool terms. There is no grey area here.

The film hates adults. All parents are f*cked up and selfish (James Woods is fantastic as Kimberly's masturbating, drunk dad) with trophy wives (Jamie King), or strange sexual perversions. The teacher accused of the abuse is seen fetishizing his students by making his wife dress and act as one of them, as though to questions whether he is innocent whether or not he did anything, but it really just makes you feel bad without anyone to direct your sympathy towards. A local TV reporter (Jane Krakowski) uses her sex to get her everywhere, as though women will always use sex to their benefit.

This film hates people and so why should we like it back? It does not challange social convention in any sort of cunning or smart way, just in a hateful and empty way that leaves us with nothing.

Wood gives a great performance and is the one highlight in this annoying film. The potential she showed in 'Thirteen' (2003) is proven to be no fluke with her tragic and compelling work here. Too bad the film doesn't live up to her work.

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