MONA LISA SMILE (2003) - ♦♦

Directed by - Mike Newell

Written by - Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal

Starring - Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal

"This film about a revolutionary feminist art history teacher at an all girl’s college in 1953, teaching girls to dream and have greater goals than being a housewife is pretty much the feminist version of Dead Poets Society with the usual inspirational teacher formula, offering nothing new. The top cast is a draw, but the real treat is the stylish photography and nice melancholic music composed by Rachel Portman."

Drama, USA