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Pretty Persuasion

Pretty Persuasion

Comedy · 2005

A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.

Movie details

Pretty Persuasion

“The devil wears a grey skirt and her name is Kimberly Joyce.”

2005 Comedy 1h 49m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

5.8 / 10

Community rating

A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Pretty Persuasion?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Marcos Siega

Written by

Skander Halim

Evan Rachel Wood

Evan Rachel Wood

Kimberly Joyce

Selma Blair

Selma Blair

Grace Anderson

Jane Krakowski

Jane Krakowski

Emily Klein

Stark Sands

Stark Sands

Troy

Elisabeth Harnois

Elisabeth Harnois

Brittany

Jaime King

Jaime King

Kathy Joyce

J

James Snyder

Dave

Court is in session

Put Pretty Persuasion on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.