Mona Lisa Smile Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Dec. 22, 2008

Mona Lisa Smile

Release Date: Friday, December 19, 2003

Director: Mike Newell

Starring: Julia Roberts • Julia Stiles • Kirsten Dunst • Maggie Gyllenhaal • Ginnifer Goodwin

PG-13 Drama N/A

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86% WILL SEE 14% WON'T SEE

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Plot

What's the story about?

Plot: Academy Award®-winner Julia Roberts heads an all-star cast featuring Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Marcia Gay Harden in "Mona Lisa Smile", an uplifting and poignant drama about one woman's desire to enrich the lives of her students. In 1953, a time when women's roles were rigidly defined, novice art history professor Katherine Watson (Roberts) begins teaching at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, which despite its academic reputation is an environment where success is measured by how well the students marry. Encouraging these women to strive for a more enlightened future, Watson challenges the administration and inspires her students to look beyond the image of what is, and consider the possibilities of what could be.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Mona Lisa Smile.

Julia Roberts
Wonder, Mirror Mirror
Julia Stiles
The Silver Linings Playbook, Jason Bourne
Kirsten Dunst
Civil War, Roofman
Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Dark Knight, Hysteria
Ginnifer Goodwin
Zootopia 2, Zootopia
Marcia Gay Harden
Renner, Knox Goes Away
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Dominic West
Downton Abbey 3, John Carter
Topher Grace
Flight Risk , Interstellar

Crew Behind the Film

The Mona Lisa Smile behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Mike Newell last directed The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and Great Expectations.

Director: Mike Newell
Screenwriters: —

Studio: Sony Pictures
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Production Details

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Dec 2004

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for sexual content, thematic issues
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Release Dates

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Mona Lisa Smile was released in on Friday, December 19, 2003. There were 3 other movies released on the same date, including The Hebrew Hammer, The Fog of War and Calendar Girls.

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Mon., Dec. 22, 2008 2008-12-22

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