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Mona Lisa

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Mona Lisa (1986)

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Reviews Counted: 18

Fresh: 18

Rotten:0

Average Rating: 8.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Ex-con George, expecting to be repaid after taking a fall for his crime boss, is reduced to driving classy call girl Simone to her jobs at London's finer hotels. Despite their differences (he's a... Ex-con George, expecting to be repaid after taking a fall for his crime boss, is reduced to driving classy call girl Simone to her jobs at London's finer hotels. Despite their differences (he's a poorly-educated, unattractive, and unsophisticated bigot; she's a beautiful, elegant, and intelligent black woman), George falls in love with her and agrees to help locate one of her old friends, a junkie still working the streets for a dangerously violent pimp. [More]

Starring: Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane

Starring: Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane

Director: Neil Jordan

Director: Neil Jordan
Screenwriter: Neil Jordan
Composer: Michael Kamen
Screenwriter: David Leland
Producer: George Harrison, Patrick Cassavetti, Stephen Woolley, Denis O'Brien

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It's a crime film, and it can be intense and lurid, but it's first and foremost about these characters and Mona Lisa takes its time and gets to know them.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson
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David Ansen
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Beautifully quirky, taboo, and British.

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Cole Smithey
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06/24/06
Derek Adams
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09/11/05
Michael Dequina
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The real drama ... stems from each character’s frustrated attempt to transcend his or her lousy lot in life.

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Nick Schager
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12/31/03
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08/22/03
Carol Cling
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Hoskin's is engrossing in one of Neil Jordan's best movies.

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Dan Lybarger
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08/29/02
Philip Martin
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First-rate character study and thriller from Neil Jordan

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