The Pretty One
Film tells the story of two twin, who soon lost their mother. The elder sister then goes to work on the city, and the younger is at home and cares for their father. Because of hard life in the country, the elder sister brings the younger to the city to live with her. On the way back to the city, the elder sister is died, but because of they look alike, hospital and family who thought the younger is died, and the story begins when the younger has to live like her sister.
12 June 1981, Burbank, California, USA
12 April 1973, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
2 June 1995, San Diego, California, USA
5 June 1967, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
August 18, 2014
[The script] takes a concept that sounds ludicrous on paper and handles it in an unexpectedly sincere, clever manner.February 22, 2014
Like its lead character, The Pretty One is a little unstable even as its charms are irresistible.February 20, 2014
What would "The Pretty One" be without Zoe Kazan's pixieish melancholy and offbeat comic timing? Not much.February 21, 2014
The premise of "The Pretty One" may be far-fetched, but it's carried out with sincerity and the results are amusing, ironic, and thoughtful. Here's a small-scale movie that offers a gleam of satisfaction.February 20, 2014
"The Pretty One" is a movie with a few touching moments and others that prompt eye rolls.February 20, 2014
The whole movie has a damp, logy texture. It could have used a rewrite or a re-edit just to dry it out.February 07, 2014
Zoe Kazan breathes fresh, exciting life into a tried-and-true high concept, playing opposite herself as twentysomething identical twins in "The Pretty One."February 20, 2014
It would take a lot of charm for "The Pretty One" to overcome that creepy premise, but the movie doesn't have it.February 23, 2014
The film has plenty of charm, but not enough to overcome a heaping dose of clichéd whimsy.February 21, 2014
Outright ridiculous and utterly farfetched.February 28, 2014
The film is trite on the surface, but through some complex plotting, writer-director Jenée LaMarque slyly incorporates foreboding themes of guilt and delusion that push the farcical elements to the brink.February 22, 2014
Given its morbid, somewhat clichéd premise, I was pleasantly surprised by "The Pretty One." While no classic, it is both refreshingly quirky and more sensitive than expected.