| Mona Lisa Smile | | Cast : | Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Marcia Gay Harden | | Director : | Mike Newell | | Studio : | Columbia Tristar Hom | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | December 19, 2003 | | DVD Released Date : | June 07, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 07, 2005 | | Summary | Horrible | Content
 | This movie is really BAD. The acting is horrible and the overall plot is crap. See one of the actresses other movies. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE AT ALL!!!! |
| Rating | | | Date | August 02, 2005 | | Summary | Dead Poets Society for girls. | Content
| Here's the skinny: In the 1950's, unconventional Katherine Watson lands a teaching position at the exclusive (and traditional) Wellesley College. Her square-peg-in-a-round-hole approach to teaching art history encourages her students to look at life, and themselves, differently.
For the most part, I thought this was a pretty good movie, featuring an impressive cast of young female stars. Gennifer Goodwin as Connie was particularly convincing and lovable, and Maggie Gyllenhall was pitch-perfect as the rebel (and token Jew) in the group of tight-knit friends the movie follows. (Both are star material; mark my words.) All of the actresses look GREAT in this movie; the makeup and hair were particularly convincing. Some of the shots of the college campus are also gorgeous as well.
There was one thing that really bothered me about the movie, though. Betty (Kirsten Dunst) spends the whole movie hating Katherine Watson (Julia Roberts). Then, all of a sudden, at the end, she decides she absolutely LOVES her. It made no sense.
Anyway, this is a fun little chick flick. I don't think it would be on the top of my list for earth-shattering film-making, but it's a good movie for a night in with the girls. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 21, 2005 | | Summary | You`ll need counselling after seeing this | Content
| This movie makes University assigments very thrilling heck if your a 80 year old person seeing this you`ll die of deliberate boredom lucky i`m young.This movie has no plot its just a long and very depressing movie.If your a block head watch this but if your a type of person who thinks drugs are bad wait till you see this,SCARRED FOR LIFE GUARANTEED |
| Rating | | | Date | June 12, 2005 | | Summary | Upperclass Life In An Earlier Time | Content
| This is a time in the early 1950's when some women went to top women's colleges to learn how to be the "perfect" wife, mother and homemaker, rather than to pursue a career in law, business, finance and other male domains. Julia Roberts plays a brash new college teacher who instills in her students the motivation and thinking that they should be going after these advanced careers first and not just looking to get married to the right man. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 27, 2005 | | Summary | Not just a "Chick Flick" | Content
| After accepting a job at the ultra conservative Wellesley women's college in the 1950s, West Coast art professor Julia Roberts finds herself among the brightest and the best, but the terminally unambitious. Getting their "MRS" degrees seems to be the goal of her students, not changing the world, not taking charge of their destiny. This rubs her the wrong way, but her attempts to "enlighten" the women results in her being called subversive and puts her on the short list for termination. The characters may be stereotypes, but they are convincing. It was an enjoyable movie. |
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