Pretty Persuasion
Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: August 12, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
14
Negative:
9
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38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Sets out to be a social critique but settles for smug disdain. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneAllison Benedikt
Not funny because it's not true. Read full review
38
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Another high school vixen movie, this one with a potty mouth (the vixen) and pretensions of social commentary (the movie), Pretty Persuasion brings to mind a number of other titles, all better. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Most of Halim's script is a laundry list of offensive remarks that he no doubt means to serve as titillating spoof, but none of it's funny or even the least bit provocative, just offensive. Read full review
30
Washington PostCurt Fields
It just rings false, like having Hannibal Lecter take up vegetarianism. Read full review
20
Washington PostStephen Hunter
A devastatingly dishonest, tough look at teenage life. Read full review
16
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
The movie wants so badly to be mentioned in the same breath as "Heathers" or "Election" that it's not even funny. Really, I mean it, this charred-black comedy is not even funny. Read full review
0
PremierePeter Debruge
There's enough estrogen gone awry in this bitchy teen comedy to make "Mean Girls" look like a Disney after-school special. Read full review
0
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
The disingenuous attempt to give the tawdry story some kind of social import only makes the tinny caricatures more insincere, while his erotic display of 15-year-old girls isn't a satire of a sexualized culture, it's just dirty. Read full review
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