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  • Mona Lisa Smile
  • Opened December 19, 2003 | Runtime:1 hr. 57 min.
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 15+. Read More
  • Katherine Watson (Roberts) is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires Read More
  • Cast: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Juliet Stevenson, Dominic West, Marcia Gay Harden
  • Director: Mike Newell
  • Genres: Period Film, Feminist Film, Drama, Coming-of-Age

Mona Lisa Smile Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    The characters involve us, we sympathize with their dreams and despair of their...

  • 70
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    The movie, with its panorama of emotional epiphanies and its belief in the...

  • 60
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    Mr. Newell is master of the feel-good ensemble piece whose shallowness is...

  • 60
    Los Angeles Times | Manohla Dargis

    For all its flaws, its obvious if irrelevant similarity to "Dead Poets...

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