Mona Lisa Smile

About Mona Lisa Smile

Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.

Mona Lisa Smile (2003) is a history romance film directed by Mike Newell. The film is filed under post world war ii, massachusetts, post war, and feminist.

Julia Roberts stars as Katherine Ann Watson, Kirsten Dunst as Betty Warren, Julia Stiles as Joan Brandwyn, and Maggie Gyllenhaal as Giselle Levy. Released in December 2003, it runs 117 minutes.

The screenplay is by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal. It comes from Red Om Films and Revolution Studios. In the United States it streams on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel.

Carol, The Brutalist, and Queer make useful companions to Mona Lisa Smile, all filed under 1950s and LGBT. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 1,950 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.