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Mona Lisa Smile

Movie · 2003 · 117 min

A warm, gently earnest period drama that invites you to linger in a classroom and watch young women quietly rethink their futures.

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2003 film directed by Mike Newell
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Year
2003
Runtime
117 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • education
  • gender
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
Places
  • school
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

Details

Genres
drama, comedy, romance, coming-of-age
Directed by
Mike Newell
Written by
Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal
Starring
Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tori Amos, Julia Stiles, Ginnifer Goodwin, Marcia Gay Harden, Krysten Ritter
Music
Rachel Portman
Cinematography
Anastas Michos
Runtime
117 min
Country
United States
Languages
Italian, English

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