Pretty Persuasion fails to convince

Satire can be devastating in the right hands, but Pretty Persuasion (Metrodome, €21.99) falls well short of the standard.

Fri, 06 Oct, 2006 - 20:14

Satire can be devastating in the right hands, but Pretty Persuasion (Metrodome, €21.99) falls well short of the standard.

Kimberley Joyce (Evan Rachel Wood) plays the bitchy teenage daughter of a wealthy businessman (James Wood) who hatches a plot to make her name by claiming the school drama teacher, Mr Anderson (Ron Livingston), molested her.

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