| Mona Lisa Smile Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| Directed by Mike Newell. Screenplay by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal.
Starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles. Running time: 117
minutes. Rated PG by the MFCB. Reviewed on December 31st, 2003. more |
| Mona Lisa Smile Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 5/5) |
| Mona Lisa Smile transcends all expectations you might have of a cast
that consists of Julia Roberts, Kristen Dunst, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and
Julia Stiles. I should point out the unpublicized Ginnifer Goodwin,
the fourth of the main clutch of girls and...more |
| Mona Lisa Smile Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| 1953. Wellesley College for Woman, Wellesley
Massachusetts. Katherine Watson (Julia Roberts), a
young art history professor educated at liberal
Berkeley University in California, enters this bastion
of conservatism where the students, the best and...more |
| Mona Lisa Smile Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 7/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "Mona Lisa Smile" (Columbia)
As a teacher who plants the seeds of rebellion, Julia Roberts evokes the
spirit if not the soul of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969) with a nod to
the "Dead Poets Society" (1989) too....more |
| Mona Lisa Smile Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 5/10) |
| If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and acts like a duck, then it
must be Mona Lisa Smile, the new film you just knew was a Dead Poets Society
rip-off the instant you saw its trailer. Initially, I had every intention
of avoiding the Dead Poets...more |
| Mona Lisa Smile Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| Unconventional Berkeley grad Katherine Watson (Julia Roberts) takes a
position teaching art history at the prestigious Wellesley College for
women in 1953 and is shocked to learn that her students view their
education as a prereq for a good marriage....more |
| Mona Lisa Smile Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 6/10) |
| PLOT:
A liberal-minded woman from California (nice touch) gets a job as a teacher at
an all-girl east coast college and proceeds to teach the ladies everything she
knows about art, history and (all together now!) life!! The students, in turn,
showcase...more |
| Mona Lisa Smile Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2/4) |
| MONA LISA SMILE is a female version of DEAD POETS SOCIETY whipped up into a
light, fluffy and sugary confection for the holidays. Julia Roberts stars as
Katherine Watson, a Berkeley Bohemian who in 1953 has just arrived at, what we
are told is the...more |
| Mona Lisa Smile Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: C) |
| Reviewed by: Harvey S. Karten
Grade: C
Columbia Pictures
Directed by: Mike Newell
Written by: Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal
Cast: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie
Gyllenhaal, Ginnifer Goodwin, Dominic West,
Juliet Stevenson, John...more |
