Pleasantville

"More than pleasant -- it's brilliant."

"An ingenious fable..."

"Ingeniously conceived and impressively executed..."

"One of the year's best and most original films."

"Wildly ambitious..."

"So ambitious, so clever and so satisfying in so many ways..."

"Endearing it definitely is, so much so that it's easy to overlook the simplicity, and the sly confidence trick that gets played on us."

"There's a dark undercurrent that transforms this comedic tale into a poignant, touching film."

"An exquisite, timely film."

"Ends up having more on its mind than it can successfully handle."

"Technical elegance and fine performances mask the shallowness of (the story)..."

"There's a terrific idea at the heart of Pleasantville, and it's a shame that... (Ross) can't figure where to take it."

"Ingenious..."

"Pleasantville combines technical sophistication with a rather limited imagination."

"A movie of unique ideological derangement that simultaneously demands and defies precise decoding."

"Uses special effects to awaken the senses rather than numb them..."

"Funny for about half an hour, Pleasantville thereafter becomes... increasingly lugubrious..."

"Proves Hollywood is still capable of turning out comedies that are as intelligent and original as they are feelgood."