By Peter Hummers In the chaotic 1990s, David escapes his dysfunctional family life by binge-watching ‘Pleasantville,’ a black-and-white TV series depicting a perfect suburban town.

Out of this fairly standard magical realism setup, Ross’ script aims higher with its central themes. Standing in for existing characters Bud and Mary Sue, David and Jennifer find that their very ...

Pleasantville is my all time favorite movie so much so that I am actually doing everything I can to live the Pleasantville way of life. I know I do not want to know what is outside of Pleasantville.