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Mona Lisa Smile is a 2003 American drama film starring Julia Roberts as a progressive art history teacher at Wellesley College. The film explores the themes of feminism, identity, and romance in the 1950s.
Julia Roberts stars as Katherine Watson, a modern art history teacher who challenges the conservative students at Wellesley College in 1953. The film explores the themes of women's liberation, social activism and personal identity in the 1950s.
- (92K)
- Drama
- Mike Newell
- 2003-12-19
In 1953, the women of Wellesley College are measured by how well they marry -- until the arrival of a professor who threatens to upend the status quo. Watch trailers & learn more.
In 1953, free spirited and non-orthodox art history teacher Katherine Ann Watson accepts the challenge of teaching in the conservative Wellesley College. She leaves her boy-friend Paul Moore in California and share a house with the teacher Nancy Abbey and the nurse Amanda.
Katherine Watson (Julia Roberts) 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 Determined to confront the outdated mores of society...
- (151)
- Mike Newell
- PG-13
- Julia Roberts
Starring: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles Mona Lisa Smile (2003) Official Trailer 1 - Julia Stiles MovieA free-thinking art professor teaches cons...
- 2 min
- 3.1M
- Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
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Dec 19, 2003 · Mona Lisa Smile. Drama. 117 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 2003. Roger Ebert. December 19, 2003. 4 min read. I find it hard to believe that Wellesley College was as reactionary in the autumn of 1953 as “Mona Lisa Smile” says it is — but then I wasn’t there.
