Rotten
Good writing aside, this screenplay contained the elements of two different films. One of them might have been quite persuasive.
Susan Walker, Toronto Star
Pretty Persuasion
The devil wears a grey skirt and her name is Kimberly Joyce.
2005 · 1h 45m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Marcos Siega
Overview
A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.
Director and cast
- Marcos Siega Director
- Evan Rachel Wood as Kimberly Joyce
- Selma Blair as Grace Anderson
- David Wagner as Morgan
- Brent Goldberg as Rick
- Adi Schnall as Randa
- Elisabeth Harnois as Brittany
- Stark Sands as Troy
- Jane Krakowski as Emily Klein
- James Woods as Hank Joyce
- Michael Hitchcock as Headmaster Charles Meyer
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
33%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Extremely well written in the fearless way of a smarty pants on a roll in the university cafeteria.
David Gilmour, Globe and Mail
Rotten
Wood's fine work is undermined by the movie it's trapped in, which feels like a rough draft of itself: Skander Halim's screenplay is unnecessarily twisty and gimmicky, and some of the teenspeak dialogue falls flat, already out of date.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Rotten
The screenplay by Skander Halim falters. It's too convoluted and cloudy to have the intended effect.
Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle
Rotten
Self-conscious, overdone, shallow, and just not up to the level of its star.
Janice Page, Boston Globe
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