365 /3 - #2 Pretty Persuasion

2. Pretty Persuasion (2005)
Director - Marco Siega
Writer - Skander Halim
Date of Viewing: 01/01/07
First Viewing: Yes

Once again Evan Rachel Wood (Thirteen, The Upside of Anger) shines in a film I fuckin' hate. First time director Marco Siega misses the mark as this film flirts around, but never establishes the proper tone necessary for a dark comedy to succeed. In a film in which such incendiary topics as pedophilia, racism, xenophobia, and underage sexuality are so poorly addressed, it is the film's complete lack of comic understanding that offends my sensibilities the most.