Pretty Persuasion

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Pretty Persuasion
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NR,1hr 50min
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August 12, 2005
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Samuel Goldwyn Films/Roadside
Synopsis: One of the "popular girls" decides to put her mean streak to work in this black comedy. Kimberly Joyce (Evan Rachel Wood) is an outwardly friendly but inwardly cold and manipulative teenager who attends an exclusive private school in Beverly Hills when she's not making fun of her twentysomething stepmother (Jaime King) or listening to her business mogul father (James Woods) rant about the many people he hates. Kimberly's best friend is Brittany (Elisabeth Harnois), who doesn't seem to notice that ... Full Synopsis
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An obscene, misanthropic go-for-broke satire, Pretty Persuasion is so gleefully nasty that the fact that it was even made and released is astonishing. Much of it is also extremely funny. Full Review
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45
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Featured Cast
Kimberly Joyce
Percy Anderson
Hank Joyce
Emily Klein
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Evan Rachel Wood and brother Ira Wood at the Pretty Persuasion premiere in Hollywood on August 09,...
Evan Rachel Wood and brother Ira Wood at the Pretty Persuasion premiere in Hollywood on August 09,...
Evan Rachel Wood and brother Ira Wood at the Pretty Persuasion premiere in Hollywood on August 09,...
Evan Rachel Wood and brother Ira Wood at the Pretty Persuasion premiere in Hollywood on August 09,...
James Woods and Evan Rachel Wood at the Pretty Persuasion premiere in Hollywood on August 09, 2005
James Woods and Evan Rachel Wood at the Pretty Persuasion premiere in Hollywood on August 09, 2005
James Woods and Evan Rachel Wood at the Pretty Persuasion premiere in Hollywood on August 09, 2005
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