Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
34 %
Reviews Counted: 145 Fresh: 50 Rotten:95 Average Rating: 4.9/10
Consensus:
Though Mona Lisa Smile espouses the value of breaking barriers, the movie itself is predictable and safe.
Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins
Theatrical Release: Dec 19, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $63,695,760
Synopsis: Mike Newell's MONA LISA SMILE is a pretty period film that combines a quaint pedagogical tale with a feminist dissection of traditional female roles in 1950s society. Julia Roberts leads an impressive cast of top young actresses including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, and Julia... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Julia Roberts, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Marcia Gay Harden
Director: Mike Newell
Screenwriter: Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner
Producer: Elaine Goldsmith, Deborah Schindler, Paul Schiff
Composer: Rachel Portman
Screenwriter: Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner
Producer: Elaine Goldsmith, Deborah Schindler, Paul Schiff
Composer: Rachel Portman
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06/24/06
Period dress, set design, manners and acting are fine--as is Mike Newell's direction. If only the script was less predictable.
10/30/04
...would have been better served by characters with a little less formula than the paint-by-numbers projects so loved by these women of Wellesley College.
09/20/04
Mike Newell directs a formulaic Roberts vehicle that isn’t without its charm.
07/20/04
Mike Newell takes the road most travelled in tackling the sexual apartheid and hysteria of the 1950s.
05/14/04
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04/09/04
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03/16/04
Smiles turn to frowns when you sense a paint-by-numbers feminist formula taking control.
02/27/04
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02/24/04
É um pouco difícil levá-lo a sério, já que sua postura de 'filme-denúncia' soa, no mínimo, anacrônica.
01/24/04
Considered less as a piece of entertainment and more as an argument constructed to further a feminist agenda, the film is hugely impressive.
01/15/04
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