| | Mona Lisa Smile Blu-ray
| Category | Blu-ray DVDs, Dramas Movies, Marriage Videos, Women, Students | | Starring | Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Marcia Gay Harden, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dominic West, Julia Stiles, Topher Grace, Juliet Stevenson, Ginnifer Goodwin | | Director | Mike Newell | | Composer | Rachel Portman | | Executive Producer | Joe Roth | | Producer | Paul Schiff, Deborah Schindler, Elaine Goldsmith | | Screenwriter | Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner |
Widescreen; Soundtrack English; Soundtrack French; Soundtrack Spanish; English Subtitles; Spanish Subtitles; French Subtitles Mike Newell's MONA LISA SMILE is a pretty period film that combines a quaint pedagogical tale with a feminist dissection of traditional female roles in 1950s society. Julia Roberts leads an impressive cast of top young actresses including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, and Julia Stiles. Roberts is Katherine Watson, a revolutionary art history teacher at Wellesley College in 1953. Though she has true admiration for her intelligent all-female students, she is perturbed that their interest in finding husbands takes precedence over their studies. Determined to instruct them in feminist values and teach them to be independent--defying the college's emphasis on breeding good wives, mothers, and homemakers--Watson is deemed subversive by the administration. Even Watson's identity--from California, over 30 years old, and unmarried--is problematic. And when she turns her class onto modern art rather than teaching the recommended classical curriculum, Watson is severely chastised by the staunchly conservative students and faculty.
Beautiful photography of the picture-perfect Wellesley campus combined with a perpetual parade of lovely period costumes makes MONA LISA SMILE a visual delight. Strong performances by each of the actresses, including Dunst uncharacteristically cast as a prim and proper prude, and Marcia Gay Harden as a boring tv-addicted spinster, only add to the splendor of this enjoyable film. Theatrical Release: DECEMBER 19, 2003 Mona Lisa Smile Reviews: "[O]bservant and thoughtful..."-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "Roberts' famous smile suits this material....The support is strong too: MONA LISA SMILE might be read as a master-class for the next generation of Hollywood leading women."
-- David Jays, Sight and Sound "[A] stunningly executed example of period production design."
-- Premiere Staff, Premiere "If Ms. Roberts is the undisputed star of MONA LISA SMILE, she graciously allows her acolytes plenty of opportunity to sparkle."-- Stephen Holden, New York Times "[An] appealing period drama..."
-- Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times Mona Lisa Smile | List Price | $24.95 (You save $6.49) | | Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2003 | | CD Universe Part number | 7720914 | | Catalog number | 26298 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | New Mona Lisa Smile BRAY release date Feb 02, 2010 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | sexual content and thematic issues | | Running Time | 119 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled |
Mona Lisa Smile DVD Blu-ray Disc Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen -
1.85
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai
Portuguese, Spanish, Thai - Optional
Subtitles - Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English SDH, French, Indonesian, Korean
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