MONA LISA SMILE
Cast: Julia Roberts, Kristen Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal...
Director: Mike Newell
Writer: Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal
Review Date: 03/24/04
Written By: Clarkey
Rating: 3/10
THE PLOT:
Set in 1953, Katherine Watson (Roberts) is a free-spirited graduate of UCLA who accepts a teaching post at Wellesley College, a women-only school where the students are torn between the repressive mores of the time and their longing for intellectual freedom.
THE REVIEW:
I knew I wasn’t going to like this movie, but I still gave it a shot. I thought it might be all right. Boy, was I wrong. This movie sucked. It was very disappointing to see some promising young ladies and one of Hollywood’s leading ladies in this movie. When you got a promising cast, you think that the acting would be the best part of the movie.
This wasn’t the case in this movie. The acting was only mediocre. Julia Roberts wasn’t her usual self with one of her worse performances. The three main young ladies (Kristen Dunst, Julia Stiles and Maggie Gyllenhaal) were also mediocre. The rest of the cast was okay in the few scenes that they had. A highlight was seeing Topher Grace (a.k.a. Eric Foreman) playing Julia Stile’s finance.
The story was petty slow and boring. And the two-hour running is more than a tad too long. The dialogue wasn’t anything special either. Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal could’ve done a better job. The director of this mess was Mike Newell, who didn’t do anything spectacular, let alone good. But he didn’t have much to work, but he also could’ve done a better job.
One good aspect of the movie was the authentic of the location and costume; you thought that you were back in the 50s. That, the beauty of the three young leads and the couple scenes with funnyman Foreman saved this movie from receiving an even lower rating. This movie was one of the more disappointing movies of the year, it had some good potential, but it sadly fell right on its face.
Director: Mike Newell
Writer: Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal
Review Date: 03/24/04
Written By: Clarkey
Rating: 3/10
THE PLOT:
Set in 1953, Katherine Watson (Roberts) is a free-spirited graduate of UCLA who accepts a teaching post at Wellesley College, a women-only school where the students are torn between the repressive mores of the time and their longing for intellectual freedom.
THE REVIEW:
I knew I wasn’t going to like this movie, but I still gave it a shot. I thought it might be all right. Boy, was I wrong. This movie sucked. It was very disappointing to see some promising young ladies and one of Hollywood’s leading ladies in this movie. When you got a promising cast, you think that the acting would be the best part of the movie.
This wasn’t the case in this movie. The acting was only mediocre. Julia Roberts wasn’t her usual self with one of her worse performances. The three main young ladies (Kristen Dunst, Julia Stiles and Maggie Gyllenhaal) were also mediocre. The rest of the cast was okay in the few scenes that they had. A highlight was seeing Topher Grace (a.k.a. Eric Foreman) playing Julia Stile’s finance.
The story was petty slow and boring. And the two-hour running is more than a tad too long. The dialogue wasn’t anything special either. Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal could’ve done a better job. The director of this mess was Mike Newell, who didn’t do anything spectacular, let alone good. But he didn’t have much to work, but he also could’ve done a better job.
One good aspect of the movie was the authentic of the location and costume; you thought that you were back in the 50s. That, the beauty of the three young leads and the couple scenes with funnyman Foreman saved this movie from receiving an even lower rating. This movie was one of the more disappointing movies of the year, it had some good potential, but it sadly fell right on its face.
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