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| Island Pictures | Release Date: June 13, 1986 |
Starring:
Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Clarke Peters, Joe Brown, Kate Hardie, Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane, Rod Bedall, Sammi Davis, Zoë Nathenson
Summary:
A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.
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It is precisely that interplay between tenderness and ruthlessness
that is the special excitement of Mona Lisa, one of the year's most
spellbinding films. [2 July 1986, p.C3]
It isn't as haunting as Angel, nor as imaginative as The Company of Wolves. But it is tighter and better constructed than either, and the performances flourish as they haven't before in his films. [14 Sept 1986, p.19]
Mona Lisa is consistently undercut by sentiment, whether it's the cute routines between George and his best friend, a mechanic and junkman, or the "heartwarming" stuff between George and his estranged daughter. In the end, "Mona Lisa" is another movie about the lovable little people; the movie is mushy where it should be monstrous. [16 July 1986, p.D1]
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