Mona Lisa Smile
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: December 19, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
26
Negative:
5
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38
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
As artistic achievements go, Mona Lisa Smile is strictly a paint-by-numbers affair. No shading. Little in the way of perspective. To call it one-dimensional would be an act of charity. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
The performances, under Mike Newell's direction, range from conventional (Ms. Roberts) to dreadful, and the script is as shallow as an old Cosmo cover story.
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Like the turtleneck cashmere sweaters and girdles that tie down these promising women, the movie is trite and trussed. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
It's a gussied-up sorority-of-rising-stars project produced, I fantasize, by baby-boomer studio guys whose younger spouses articulately defend a woman's right to stay home and raise the kids. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter Travers
"Irritating" doesn't begin to describe Julia Roberts as Katherine, an art-history prof who arrives at Wellesley in 1953. Read full review
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