Release Year: 2005 Rating: R Duration: 104 minutes Director: Marcos Siega Producer: Todd Dagres, Carl Levin, Marcos Siega Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films and Roadside Attractions
synopsis
Kimberly Joyce is an insanely intelligent, wildly funny, shockingly cruel and sexy-beyond-her-years Beverly Hills teenager who will stop at nothing to become famous. 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, Mr. Anderson. Kimberly entangles the entire Beverly Hills community in her carefully woven web of seduction and deceit.
cast
Evan Rachel Wood as Kimberly Joyce
quote
Brittany Wells: [mistaking the word 'pedophile'] Mr. Anderson's kind of weird. Especially around girls. We think he's a podiatrist.
PRETTY PERSUASION, which wants badly to be this generation's HEATHERS, has plenty of promise. It's got some deliciously wicked lines, a few genuinely funny moments and a lot of targets who could benefit from a little satire. But don't get too excited since most of the movie is as flat as a pancake.
