Mona Lisa Smile
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 59 Ratings
- Starring: Julia Roberts, Julia Stiles, Kirsten Dunst, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Marcia Gay Harden
- Summary: Set at all-female Wellesley College in 1953, this is an uplifting and poignant drama about one woman's desire to enrich the lives of her students. (Sony)
- Director: Mike Newell
- Genre(s): Drama, Romance
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Positive: 9 out of 40
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Mixed: 26 out of 40
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Negative: 5 out of 40
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75The characters involve us, we sympathize with their dreams and despair of their matrimonial tunnel vision, and at the end we are relieved that we listened to Miss Watson and became the wonderful people who we are today.
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60For all its flaws, its obvious if irrelevant similarity to "Dead Poets Society," it lets us spend some quality time with some of the finest actresses in American film as they give energetic life to one of the most radically underrepresented minorities in Hollywood: the intelligent woman.
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60There are some roles Julia Roberts was born to play -- a tart with a heart, say, or a likeable and famous actor -- but a charismatic, inspiring 1950s teacher is not one of them.
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38As artistic achievements go, Mona Lisa Smile is strictly a paint-by-numbers affair. No shading. Little in the way of perspective. To call it one-dimensional would be an act of charity.
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Positive: 16 out of 37
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Mixed: 0 out of 37
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Negative: 21 out of 37
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SandyC.6Very enjoyable movie with good performances.
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