The Pretty One (2013)

A tragedy presents Laurel with the chance to reinvent herself as her idolized twin sister, Audrey. As she eases into the life she has always wanted, she must decide between continuing the lie or revealing herself as the perfect fraud.

Director:

Jenée LaMarque

Writer:

Jenée LaMarque

Stars:

Zoe Kazan, Jake Johnson, Ron Livingston

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Zoe Kazan	...	Laurel / Audrey
Jake Johnson	...	Basel (as Jake M. Johnson)
John Carroll Lynch	...	Frank
Frankie Shaw	...	Claudia
Shae D'lyn	...	May
Ron Livingston	...	Charles
Sterling Beaumon	...	Hunter
Robin Reiser	...	Hunter's Mom
Luka Jones	...	Patrick
Sabrina Lloyd	...	Edith
Danny Pudi	...	Dr. Rao
Meagen Fay	...	Mrs. Matthews (as Meagan Fay)
Joel Cooper	...	Darren Matthews
Michael Alferoff	...	David Matthews
Dale Raoul	...	Mrs. Shoemacher

Storyline

When an eccentric and insecure young woman is mistaken for her dead identical twin, she seizes the chance to leave her pathetic existence behind and assume her sister's life. Through this absurd masquerade as "the pretty one" she finally learns to value her own identity

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Plot Keywords:

twin sisters | widower | switching roles | car crash | hospital | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexual content

Did You Know?

Trivia

The song during the credits "It Might Be You" was also used in the movie Tootsie (1982), another movie about a person pretending to be someone else.

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Goofs

When Charles throws Basel's grocery bags out of his hands before he hits Basel, a box of cereal lands on the porch. Then shortly after Basel punches Charles off the porch and says, "What did you punch me in the face for, man?" the cereal box and orange are missing from the porch then a green apple appears in the missing items' place.

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Quotes

Basel: What do you think, if you show me how you feel, I'm not gonna like you?
Laurel: Yeah, maybe.
Basel: Really? This isn't gonna last if it's like that. If this is real, we gotta tell each other the bad stuff. And if this isn't real, if this is just my kind of imagination... then I wanna know now.

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Connections

References David and Lisa (1962)

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Soundtracks

Bunny In a Bunny Suit
Written by Francisco Bango, Richy Vesecky
Performed by Simone White
Courtesy of Honest Jon's Records

User Reviews

Twins-You should always tell the difference!

Well as I twin myself I feel emotionally attached to this movie. For the parent figure not to figure out that it was Loral just because of the haircut and necklace was shocking to me.(Even with the amnesia!) My Mom would of known in an instance because of how different we are. I'm more 'Smh, whatever' and she's more like 'DO this do that-ahhh' so yeah. Another problem I had was how she wanted to steal her sister's life. It was cruel but I guess we all do things like that. I really liked how she found her self and figured herself out. Also later on grieving. I feel like the beginning would of been more of an Audrey than Loral thin to do and that the guy love interest was a perfect fit for Loral. The Charles character was a little unbelievable but otherwise this movie was 'ight. Okay. SMH.... I just can't get into these type of movies but overall it was okay and a way to move on with the night... I also think the accident should of happened later on so that we could of seen how Loral had to change to become her.... that's it I guess.

Details

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 April 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Pretty One

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,484, 9 February 2014

Gross USA:

$13,769

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$13,769

Company Credits

Production Co:

Provenance Pictures, Schorr Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color