Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.1/10   

Director:

Mike Newell

Escritores (WGA):

Lawrence Konner (written by) &
Mark Rosenthal (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

19 diciembre 2003 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

In a world that told them how to think, she showed them how to live.

Plot:

A free-thinking art professor teaches conservative 50's Wellesley girls to question their traditional societal roles.

Plot Keywords:

Student | College | Art | 1950s | Art History

Premios:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

This Picture Is Better Than It Should Be

Reparto

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

También conocida como:

La sonrisa de Mona Lisa (Argentina) (Spain) (Venezuela) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and thematic issues.

Duración:

117 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Italiano

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Clasificación:

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

Locaciones de Filmación:

Massachusetts, USA

Compañía:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

Producers had originally applied to film at Bryn Mawr College, another one of the Seven Sisters. It is unclear as to why they ultimately went with Wellesley College.

Errores:

Continuidad: With the exception of Christmas break, all the bar scenes are similar. Bill is wearing the same sweater, and Katherine's hair is always half-up, her earrings are always the same (as well as in the Christmas Break scene), and her outfit is the same by adding either a coat or a vest. These are all supposed to be happening at different times but are all very similar.

Citas:

[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.

Conexiones de Película:

Apariciones "I Love Lucy" (1951)

Banda de Sonido:

Flying Home

This Picture Is Better Than It Should Be

This is the kind of movie that is easy to pan, but deserves better. Yes, the premise is familiar, the plot is formulaic, the characters seem like you've met them before.

But...

"The devil is in the details," as they say, and this picture has just enough surprises, just enough charm, just enough fine acting to make it worth watching. Movies do not have to be real to be worthwhile, they just have to be about real things. The questions "Mona Lisa Smile" covers are still very much with us, and may provoke considerable discussion in your house. This film is respectful enough of its subject matter and well-enough executed to make it a much better way to spend your time than most of what's out there now. Don't believe the sourpusses, this one's a good'un.