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Mona Lisa Smile

Overview

Genre :

Drama, Teen

Release Date :

December 19, 2003

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Mike Newell

Starring :

Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  3 of 5 [Rate It]

2.5 of 5

“..Though generally competent and amiable, the picture's accumulation of well-worn beats invite so many unfavorable comparisons to such classics..”
by Wade Major [Boxoffice Magazine]
7 of 10

“..Julia Stiles and Kirsten Dunst give good performances..”
by Glen Bucher [Comingsoon]
1.5 of 4

“..For the most part "Mona Lisa Smile" is played entirely too seriously..”
by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
3 of 5

“..faint, enigmatic, even indecipherable..”
by Alysa Salzberg [The Cinema Source]
2 of 5

“..entirely predictable..”
by [E! Online]

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