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Mona Lisa

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Mona Lisa (1986)

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Reviews Counted: 16 Fresh: 16  Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.2/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Synopsis: Ex-con George, expecting to be repaid after taking a fall for his crime boss, is reduced to driving classy call girl Simone to her jobs at London's finer hotels. Despite their differences (he's a poorly-educated, unattractive, and unsophisticated bigot; she's a beautiful, elegant, and... Ex-con George, expecting to be repaid after taking a fall for his crime boss, is reduced to driving classy call girl Simone to her jobs at London's finer hotels. Despite their differences (he's a poorly-educated, unattractive, and unsophisticated bigot; she's a beautiful, elegant, and intelligent black woman), George falls in love with her and agrees to help locate one of her old friends, a junkie still working the streets for a dangerously violent pimp. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane

Director: Neil Jordan
Screenwriter: Neil Jordan
Composer: Michael Kamen
Screenwriter: David Leland
Producer: George Harrison, Patrick Cassavetti, Stephen Woolley, Denis O'Brien

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 4, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Widescreen - 1.85
  • Keep Case

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - Theatrical Trailer

Additional Product:

  • 8-Page Collectible Booklet

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Derek Adams
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4/5

Beautifully quirky, taboo, and British.

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11/23/07
Cole Smithey
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4/5

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09/11/05
Michael Dequina
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B+

The real drama ... stems from each character’s frustrated attempt to transcend his or her lousy lot in life.

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Robin Clifford
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Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times
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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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5/5

Hoskin's is engrossing in one of Neil Jordan's best movies.

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06/24/03
Dan Lybarger
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05/20/03
Vincent Canby
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Mark Palermo
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Linda Cook
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08/30/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
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08/29/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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First-rate character study and thriller from Neil Jordan

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08/14/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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09/26/01
Blake French
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...despite the film’s sordid themes, violence, brutality, and bloodshed, one comes away from it feeling that it’s really rather a sweet and affecting story.

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John J. Puccio
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James Berardinelli
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