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Released Year: 2003
Runtime: 117 minutes
Genre: Drama
Directors: Mike Newell
Casts: Dominic West, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Topher Grace, John Slattery, Julia Stiles, Marian Seldes, Julia Roberts, Ginnifer Goodwin, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Marcia Gay Harden, Donna Mitchell, Lily Rabe, Krysten Ritter, Juliet Stevenson, Kirsten Dunst, Jennie Eisenhower, Jordan Bridges, Laura Allen, Terence Rigby, Taylor Roberts, Tori Amos, Annika Marks
IMDB: Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
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(5 votes, average: 4.20 out of 5)
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The New Yorker -
The fight against traditionalism has long been won, so the movie’s indignation feels superfluous, but Mike Newell’s direction is solid, the period décor and costumes are a sombre riot of chintz and pleated skirts, and the movie has an air of measured craft and intelligence. [22 & 29 December 2003, p. 166]
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The Hollywood Reporter -
Rote characterizations and a trite, even condescending, attitude toward that era's misguided mores robs the film of the satiric punch Todd Haynes delivered in "Far From Heaven."
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ReelViews -
The most likely facial expression to be elicited by Mona Lisa Smile is a grimace.
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Dallas Observer -
You will leave Mona Lisa Smile with only the slightest hint of the grin every slick studio movie gives you--the grin of reassurance and superiority. But you will not be changed, only out about eight bucks.
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Time -
Maybe Wellesley isn't the only injured party here. Can an audience sue for cruel and edifying punishment?
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Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
The story of Katherine Ann Watson, a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and in 1953 left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California to teach at Wellesley College, a conservative women's private liberal arts college in Massachusetts, United States.
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
(5 votes, average: 4.20 out of 5)Loading...
Information
Released Year: 2003
Runtime: 117 minutes
Genre: Drama
Directors: Mike Newell
Casts: Dominic West, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Topher Grace, John Slattery, Julia Stiles, Marian Seldes, Julia Roberts, Ginnifer Goodwin, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Marcia Gay Harden, Donna Mitchell, Lily Rabe, Krysten Ritter, Juliet Stevenson, Kirsten Dunst, Jennie Eisenhower, Jordan Bridges, Laura Allen, Terence Rigby, Taylor Roberts, Tori Amos, Annika Marks
IMDB: Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
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The story of Katherine Ann Watson, a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and in 1953 left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California to teach at Wellesley College, a conservative women's private liberal arts college in Massachusetts, United States.
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Reviews
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The New Yorker -
The fight against traditionalism has long been won, so the movie’s indignation feels superfluous, but Mike Newell’s direction is solid, the period décor and costumes are a sombre riot of chintz and pleated skirts, and the movie has an air of measured craft and intelligence. [22 & 29 December 2003, p. 166]
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The Hollywood Reporter -
Rote characterizations and a trite, even condescending, attitude toward that era's misguided mores robs the film of the satiric punch Todd Haynes delivered in "Far From Heaven."
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ReelViews -
The most likely facial expression to be elicited by Mona Lisa Smile is a grimace.
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Dallas Observer -
You will leave Mona Lisa Smile with only the slightest hint of the grin every slick studio movie gives you--the grin of reassurance and superiority. But you will not be changed, only out about eight bucks.
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Time -
Maybe Wellesley isn't the only injured party here. Can an audience sue for cruel and edifying punishment?
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The story of Katherine Ann Watson, a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and in 1953 left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California to teach at Wellesley College, a conservative women's private liberal arts college in Massachusetts, United States.
The story of Katherine Ann Watson, a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and in 1953 left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California to teach at Wellesley College, a conservative women's private liberal arts college in Massachusetts, United States.
The story of Katherine Ann Watson, a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and in 1953 left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California to teach at Wellesley College, a conservative women's private liberal arts college in Massachusetts, United States.
The story of Katherine Ann Watson, a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and in 1953 left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California to teach at Wellesley College, a conservative women's private liberal arts college in Massachusetts, United States.