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Release Date:
19 December 2003 (USA)
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Tagline:
In a world that told them how to think, she showed them how to live. more
Plot:
A free-thinking art professor teaches conservative 50's Wellesley girls to question their traditional societal roles. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 5 nominations
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(52 articles)
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Celebrity Biography: Julia Roberts
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Beautiful yet not flawless
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Julia Roberts | ... | Katherine Ann Watson |
 | Kirsten Dunst | ... | Betty Warren |
 | Julia Stiles | ... | Joan Brandwyn |
 | Maggie Gyllenhaal | ... | Giselle Levy |
 | Ginnifer Goodwin | ... | Connie Baker |
 | Dominic West | ... | Bill Dunbar |
 | Juliet Stevenson | ... | Amanda Armstrong |
 | Marcia Gay Harden | ... | Nancy Abbey |
 | John Slattery | ... | Paul Moore |
 | Marian Seldes | ... | President Jocelyn Carr |
 | Donna Mitchell | ... | Mrs. Warren |
| Terence Rigby | ... | Dr. Edward Staunton |
 | Jennie Eisenhower | ... | Girl at the Station |
| Leslie Lyles | ... | Housing Director |
 | Laura Allen | ... | Susan Delacorte |
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Rated PG-13 for sexual content and thematic issues.
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117 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Brazil:12 |
Canada:G (British Columbia/Ontario/Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Nova Scotia) |
Iceland:L |
Malaysia:U |
Finland:S |
South Korea:12 |
Netherlands:AL |
Sweden:Btl |
USA:PG-13 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:7
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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.
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Factual errors: When Doris Day's "Secret Love" plays, the record has a 1960s RCA Victor classical label. The album was produced by Columbia Records.
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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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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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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Jennifer Aniston/Black Eyed Peas (#29.9)" (2004)
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Soundtrack:
Trio for 2 Flutes and Harp
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Mona Lisa Smile is a beautiful film. The whole setting of the liberal arts college, the 50s conservative setup in which the college dwells so firmly in, and the magical aura of a bygone era captivates you right form the start of the film. Top that with some beautiful photography, a nice gripping story and some convincing performances and you've got a great film.
The focus of the film is primarily on the somewhat radical character of Dr Watson (played with finesse by Julia Roberts)and how she deals with the conservative environs of Wellesley College. She is able to build a great rapport with her students, something which happens rather spontaneously and is not explained - one of the flaws in the film. Eventually though , she must face the conservative forces in the college and decide whether she can bend her values and beliefs in order to stay on at the college.
This is one of the better offerings from Hollywood in recent times. Definitely not a "chick flick".