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Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
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Ratings: 6.1/10 from 34,170 users
Metascore:
45/100
Reviews: 253 user | 136 critic | 40 from Metacritic.com A free-thinking art professor teaches conservative 50's Wellesley girls to question their traditional societal roles. Director:Mike Newell |
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| Juliet Stevenson | ... | ||
| Marcia Gay Harden | ... | ||
| John Slattery | ... |
Paul Moore
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President Jocelyn Carr
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Donna Mitchell | ... |
Mrs. Warren
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Terence Rigby | ... |
Dr. Edward Staunton
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Girl at the Station
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Leslie Lyles | ... |
Housing Director
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Katherine Ann Watson has accepted a position teaching art history at the prestigious Wellesley College. Watson is a very modern woman, particularly for the 1950s, and has a passion not only for art but for her students. For the most part, the students all seem to be biding their time, waiting to find the right man to marry. The students are all very bright and Watson feels they are not reaching their potential. Altough a strong bond is formed between teacher and student, Watson's views are incompatible with the dominant culture of the college. Written by garykmcd
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In einer Welt, die ihnen vorschrieb, wie man lebt, lehrte sie sie, wie man denkt. (In a world that told them how to live, she taught them how to think.) See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for sexual content and thematic issues See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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La sonrisa de Mona Lisa See more »Box Office
Budget:
$65,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$11,528,498 (USA) (21 December 2003) (2677 Screens)Gross:
$63,695,760 (USA) (22 February 2004)Company Credits
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Betty Warren: [voiceover] All her life, she had wanted to teach at Wellesley College. So, when a position opened in the Art History department, she pursued it single-mindedly until she was hired. It was whispered that Katherine Watson, a first-year teacher from Oakland State, made up in brains what she lacked in pedigree. Which was why this bohemian from California was on her way to the most conservative college in the nation.
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footage and advertisements showing women in the 1940s and 50s. See more »
Written by Dave Mann and Redd Evans
Performed by Brad Mehldau and Larry Grenadier
Brad Mehldau appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records See more »
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Lecture Hall scenes were filmed at Columbia University, which maintains a 50-year-old lecture hall used in many different films. See more »Goofs
Continuity: At the Adam's Rib party, Giselle is sitting in the window, with her hair parted in the middle and her forehead visible. In the next shot, when she moves into the room, her hair is parted on one side and sweeping across her forehead. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Betty Warren: [voiceover] All her life, she had wanted to teach at Wellesley College. So, when a position opened in the Art History department, she pursued it single-mindedly until she was hired. It was whispered that Katherine Watson, a first-year teacher from Oakland State, made up in brains what she lacked in pedigree. Which was why this bohemian from California was on her way to the most conservative college in the nation.
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Crazy Credits
The end credits for the prominent cast and crew are set in front of vintagefootage and advertisements showing women in the 1940s and 50s. See more »
Soundtracks
"No Moon at All"Written by Dave Mann and Redd Evans
Performed by Brad Mehldau and Larry Grenadier
Brad Mehldau appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records See more »
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