A lovely little fairy tale that I see more and more has been misconstrued and misunderstood. It's been called a "race" tale due to it's use of the phrase "colored." It's been called liberal because the townspeople who refuse to change tend toward the conservative, and because by definition, "conservative" means resistant to change. The heart of the movie is that people change, life is ever changing and the people that embrace that change live more full, colorful lives than those who attempt to hang onto the way things always were before. In the world of Pleasantville, nothing ever changes. Tobey Maguire's character knows them all so well that he has memorized the episodes and the dialog. But the introduction of his and Reese Witherspoon's character brings change and disruption, until they learn to deal with the differences, and then they change and have color as well.
An enchanting little fairy tale and one that I can still go back and watch again and again.
An enchanting little fairy tale and one that I can still go back and watch again and again.