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Mona Lisa Smile is a 2003 American drama film produced by Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures in association with Red Om Films Productions, directed by Mike Newell, written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal, and starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Mona Lisa Smile: Directed by Mike Newell. With Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal. A free-thinking art professor teaches conservative 1950s Wellesley girls to question their traditional social roles.
Reviews. Mona Lisa Smile. Roger Ebert December 19, 2003. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. I find it hard to believe that Wellesley College was as reactionary in the autumn of 1953 as "Mona Lisa Smile" says it is -- but then I wasn't there.
In 1953, the women of Wellesley College are measured by how well they marry -- until the arrival of a professor who threatens to upend the status quo. Watch trailers & learn more.
In 1953, free spirited and non-orthodox art history teacher Katherine Ann Watson accepts the challenge of teaching in the conservative Wellesley College. She leaves her boy-friend Paul Moore in California and share a house with the teacher Nancy Abbey and the nurse Amanda.
Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students including Betty (Kirsten Dunst) and Joan (Julia Stiles) to...
Updated on: April 2, 2024 by Elinor Cackett. 102. Mona Lisa Smile Review, Summary, and Cast: Mona Lisa Smile is a positive, thoughtful film about the importance of education and a woman’s right to choose her own future.
