Mona Lisa Smile

Mona Lisa Smile

  • Director: Mike Newell
  • Writer: Lawrence Konner,Mark Rosenthal
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English, Italian
  • Release date: December 19, 2003
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Nụ Cười Nàng Mona Lisa
  • "Mona Lisa's Smile" is a feature film produced by the American Revolutionary Film Studio in 2003. The film is directed by Mike Newell and co-starred by Julia Roberts , Kirsten Caroline Dunst and Julia Stiles . The film was first released in the United States on December 19, 2003.
    The film tells the United States in 1953. The times are changing. Catherine, who graduated from the open-minded Berkeley University, went to Wesley Girls’ School to teach art history, but Catherine, who was full of ideals and enthusiasm, boldly challenged the stale teaching system. Story   .

    Details

    • Release date December 19, 2003
    • Filming locations Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
    • Production companies Revolution Studios, Red Om Films

    Box office

    Budget

    $65,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $63,860,942

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $11,528,498

    Gross worldwide

    $141,337,989

    Movie reviews

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    • By Missouri 2022-04-23 07:02:13

      Feelings that can't be written down

      I saw a recommendation for this video in a post.. So I searched for it. It feels to me like a sex-turned version of Dead Poets Society, but with a completely different dilemma for boys and girls. Boys need to choose between bread and ideals, while girls receive a rigorous education with the ultimate goal of baking bread for their husbands? The teacher said, I want to develop people who can lead the world, not the wives of these people. I just felt terrified when I heard it. There are still...

    • By Hollie 2022-04-23 07:02:13

      America is not paradise

      This movie is mentioned in Yang Lan's "Big Woman". So I looked for it. I can't remember what point of view this movie used to support Yang Lan. After watching the movie, I was overwhelmed with emotion.

      For the United States, I have no systematic understanding. Not much is known about it. But in my impression, America is a strong, aggressive, unreasonable country. Li Ao's criticism of the US president in "The Trial of America";...

    • By Hermina 2022-04-23 07:02:13

      Option Right First

      What are we calling for when we call for equality between men and women?

      Mona Lisa Smile, to some extent, deeply discussed the issue of women's freedom of choice.

      The story was set in the United States in the 1950s, and there were conservative colleges for women. These colleges set courses to impart knowledge to female students. While the focus was riveted on how to be a good wife and mother in the future family.

    • By Vincent 2022-04-23 07:02:13

      A girl who can laugh is the best life?

      Quiet and serious seems to be rarely used to describe women. Because the girl who doesn't laugh has always been unlucky, but it's a coincidence that she pushes it on luck.

      In this women's university, half of them are married, and the other half are also waiting in line to propose. We study very seriously, but all we can learn is the opinions and comments of authoritative people in textbooks. Do you have any good materials for chatting with guests in...

    • By Jensen 2022-04-23 07:02:13

      I wouldn't have asked your permission

      I suddenly remembered that a lovely college teacher once gave us "Dead Poets Society", but after careful reflection, compared to the two, it seems that "Mona Lisa's Smile" touched me more. I saw this movie for the first time in high school. The first impression is moving. I vaguely felt what a real "good teacher" should pass on to the students, and the seeds of rebellion and resistance were also quietly planted at that time. After many years, Catherine showed her...

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    • By Seamus 2023-09-30 18:36:45

      Abandoning the traditional values ​​of society and elders, what exactly do I want? How to win true satisfaction and happiness for...

    • By Favian 2023-09-13 16:56:44

      I have always disliked inspirational movies, I always feel that they have a strong pedagogical meaning. Most of the inspirational movies are nothing but model stories like Zhang Haidi and Sang Lan. I can be moved by them, but I may not be willing to accept the views you are trying to impose on me. Although this film is also considered It's not inspirational, but I still choose to spit it out here. Teachers are not qualified to instill personal ideas in children. You think you are here to give...

    • By Jerrod 2023-08-31 18:14:00

      I really like Julia Roberts after reading it. Such a teacher is like the teacher in "Spring Breeze and Rain", a real mentor in...

    • By Pedro 2023-07-31 02:17:58

      If you taste it carefully, Sister Zhu's performance is quite level. However, as an inspirational film, the style is too high, and it is difficult to obtain the simplicity and innocence that inspirational works usually...

    • By Era 2023-07-22 19:25:39

      The work of shredded radish MM, but did not exert her...

    Movie plot

    In 1953, at Wesley Women’s College , known as the "Ivy without Men" in Massachusetts , USA , a new art history teacher named Catherine Watson ( played by Julia Roberts ) was introduced . She was a beautiful and mature woman. Graduated from UCLA ( University of California, Los Angeles) , accepted the idea of ​​liberal reforms in the university, and determined to become an outstanding professor.
    Although the status of women in the United...
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    Evaluation action

    "Smile of Mona Lisa" is good at using plots as hints and contrasts, which reduces the difficulty for the audience to understand the film. In the film, the two factions had completely different results at the end of the film: the opposition was influenced by the teacher and resolutely followed its own path. Instead, the centrist retreated to the "marriage and childbirth" route. This kind of role arrangement and comparison is a common...
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    Movie quotes

    • [about Vincent van Gogh]

      Katherine Watson: He painted what he felt, not what he saw. People didn't understand, to them it seemed childlike and crude. It took years for them to recognize his actual technique. To see the way his brush strokes seemed to make the night sky move. Yet, he never sold a painting in his lifetime. This is his self-portrait. There's no camouflage, no romance. Honesty. Now, sixty years later, where is he?

      Giselle Levy: Famous.

      Katherine Watson: So famous, in fact, that everybody has a reproduction. There are post cards...

      Connie Baker: We have the calendar.

      Katherine Watson: you go. With the ability to reproduce art, it is available to the masses. No one needs to own a van Gogh original, they can paint their own. Van Gogh in a box, ladies! The newest form of mass-distributed art; paint by numbers.

      Connie Baker: [reading from the box] "Now everyone can be van Gogh. It's so easy. Just follow the simple instructions and in minutes, you're on your way to being an artist."

      Giselle Levy: Van Gogh by numbers?

      Katherine Watson: Ironic, isn't it? Look at what we have done to the man who refused to conform his ideals to popular taste. Who refused to compromise his integrity. We have put him in a tiny box and asked you to copy him.

    • Betty Warren: You don't believe in withholding, do you?

      Katherine Watson: No. I do, however, believe in good manners. But for you, I'll make an exception.

    • [about Charlie Stewart]

      Connie Baker: We spent last weekend at the Cape! A little hideaway he knew about.

      Betty Warren: Operative word, 'hide'. Men take women to the Cape in the winter when they're embarrassed to be seen with them. He's using you.

      Giselle Levy: He's not using you if you want to go. Come here, don't listen to her.

      Betty Warren: I love you, and I swear I'm not saying this to hurt you. Charlie's promised to Deb McIntyre. She wears his pin. Giselle, you know it's true.

      Giselle Levy: I don't know anything about a pin.

      Connie Baker: Are her parents named Phillip and Vanessa?

      Betty Warren: You know them?

      Connie Baker: Only from a distance.