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	Mona Lisa Smile - Rotten Tomatoes
		Mike Newell's MONA LISA SMILE is a pretty period film that combines a quaint pedagogical tale with a feminist dissection of traditional female roles in 1950s society.
		Mona Lisa Smile's lesson of the day is delivered in an unoriginal manner through such shallow and unlikable characters that its message lacks an emotional punch.
		It's not a smile, it's a smirk, and it's predatory.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/mona_lisa_smile (1009 words)

	Mona Lisa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mona Lisa, or La Gioconda (La Joconde), is a 16th century oil painting on poplar wood by Leonardo da Vinci and is one of the most famous paintings in Western art history.
		Her theory is that the Mona Lisa was the first official portrait of the new Duchess of Milan, which requires that it was painted in spring or summer 1489 (and not 1503).
		Mona Lisa is famous for her beautiful changing smile and eyes that continue to stare and follow you no matter in which direction you turn.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mona_Lisa (4344 words)

	Mona Lisa Smile Review :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mona Lisa Smile's estrogen-spiked 1953 rip-off of Dead Poet's Society is about as inspirational as paint-by-numbers artwork, but it doesn't even supply the nostalgic kitsch of the faddish craft.
		While Mona Lisa's smile in Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting has often been described as subtle, director Mike Newell's star-studded drama is anything but that; Mona Lisa Smile is so heavy-handed that, unlike the painting for which it was named, there is nothing left for moviegoers to ponder or debate.
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	www.hollywood.com /movies/reviews/movie/1737009 (682 words)

	Mona Lisa Smile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mona Lisa Smile is a 2003 film that was produced by Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures, directed by Mike Newell and written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal and starred superstar Julia Roberts and rising stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst and Julia Stiles.
		The title is a reference to the Mona Lisa, a famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci, and the song of the same name, sung by Nat King Cole and played in the movie itself.
		Many alumnae who attended Wellesley during the 1950s felt that the film's portrayal of Wellesley as a stodgy, conservative college was inaccurate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mona_Lisa_Smile (484 words)

	News in Science - Mona Lisa's smile may be trick of light - 21/07/2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile could be a trick of the light, according to new research on visual noise.
		Lisa di Antonio Maria Gherardini, the Mona Lisa, has been fascinating art lovers since her portrait was completed in 1506.
		Attempts to solve the enigma around a smile, described by the 16th century artist and writer Giorgio Vasari as "more divine than human", have included theories that the noblewoman was happily pregnant, suffering from asthma, had facial paralysis or that the smile was the result of compulsive gnashing of teeth.
	www.abc.net.au /science/news/stories/s1157246.htm (589 words)

	Review: Mona Lisa Smile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mona Lisa Smile is an exercise in relentless mediocrity - a trite melodrama that raises a number of interesting possibilities, then ignores them in favor of taking the "safe" path.
		Mona Lisa Smile's bright spots come from Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary) and Ginnifer Goodwyn (TV's "Ed"), whose performances are on-target and whose characters are interesting enough to warrant more screen time than they are given.
		Mona Lisa Smile's director is Mike Newell, whose previous credits include the gangster film Donnie Brasco, the underrated jewel Enchanted April, and the internationally-known Four Weddings and a Funeral.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/m/mona_lisa_smile.html (694 words)

	Mona Lisa Smile
		Mona Lisa Smile is a Julia Roberts star vehicle that plays so blandly and is so unengaging that after awhile you stop asking yourself exactly what went wrong, and pay close attention for anything going right.
		Mona Lisa Smile, on the other hand, containing but a few stock and overwritten classroom scenes, completely glosses over the academic development dynamics in favor of silly domesticities regarding the narrow conception of the 1953 woman and its consequences and compromises.
		Mona Lisa Smile is a watered down, uninvolving film with undeveloped characters and a heavy dose of cliché and formula, heaped with a dollop of unearned sentiment.
	www.reelmoviecritic.com /20038q/id2025.htm (1408 words)

	Mona Lisa Smile
		Mona Lisa Smile is a movie about feminism starring one of the biggest women actors and three of the better younger women actors in Hollywood.
		And, it is written and directed by three men.
		Mona Lisa Smile takes place in 1953 Wellesley College, where new Art History teacher Ann Willis (Roberts, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Full Frontal) comes hoping to change the world.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/mona_lisa_smile.html (722 words)

	Mona Lisa Smile
		Mona Lisa Smile, with Julia front and center and a whole cast of brainy ingenues and stalwart character actresses surrounding her, has an even more bizarre and even more fathomless relation to gender politics.
		Mona Lisa Smile's ostensible ambition is to say something about women emancipating the minds and lives of other women.
		There is nothing really good about Mona Lisa Smile, except that its badness is so convoluted, so widespread into nearly every crease and fold of the picture, that it seems like a worthwhile snapshot, a perfect emblem of woman-targeted filmmaking in an age that has low standards for filmmaking and intensely confused ideas about women.
	www.nicksflickpicks.com /monalsml.html (2041 words)

	Mona Lisa Smile: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mona Lisa Smile is a 2003 film[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link] that was produced by Revolution Studios[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link] and Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures quick summary:
		The mona lisa (italian, spanish languagespanish: la gioconda; french: la joconde), less commonly rendered as the monna lisa, is an oil painting...
		Feminism is a body of social theory and a political movement primarily based on, and motivated by, the experiences of women....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/mona_lisa_smile.htm (1413 words)

	"Mona Lisa Smile" - Salon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mike Newell's "Mona Lisa Smile" is a movie designed to make you think, which is precisely the problem: For a story about bohemian intellectuals circa 1950s New England, it sure is low on intellect.
		"Mona Lisa Smile" almost works as a women's ensemble drama along the lines of "The Group" or "Stage Door" (it's probably better than the former and not anywhere near as good as the latter).
		It's a good thing there's plenty to look at in "Mona Lisa Smile," since, despite the movie's roster of terrific actresses, the performances are disappointingly uneven: Dunst and Stiles are both too mannered and precise, even for the stiff, convention-bound characters they're playing.
	dir.salon.com /story/ent/movies/review/2003/12/19/mona_lisa/index.html (803 words)

	Robert Baron: Review. Katie & the Mona Lisa, Mayhew
		It is the little girl's discovery of a lonely Mona Lisa, an unhappy Mona Lisa, a Mona Lisa whom Leonardo had to entertain with singing birds and musicians, that serves as the motive for Katie's adventure –– her desire to restore Mona's happiness.
		Because Mona is instantly recognizable, she is not only immune to the synthetic effect of the mosaic process, but also to the deconstructive force of puzzle-making.
		Katie and the Mona Lisa in Botticelli's Primavera, The Allegory of Spring.
	www.studiolo.org /Reviews/VRKatieMonaLisa.htm (6027 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Arts \| Mona Lisa smile secrets revealed
		The smile on the face of the Mona Lisa is so enigmatic that it disappears when it is looked at directly, says a US scientist.
		The Mona Lisa, painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the 1500s, has intrigued art lovers for five centuries because of its subject's mysterious smile.
		"The elusive quality of the Mona Lisa's smile can be explained by the fact that her smile is almost entirely in low spatial frequencies, and so is seen best by your peripheral vision," Prof Livingstone said.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/arts/2775817.stm (382 words)

	reviewjournal.com -- Neon: MOVIE REVIEW: "Mona Lisa Smile" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In "Mona Lisa Smile," Roberts deploys this personal artillery with practiced ease, generously sharing the screen, and contrasting styles, with the four young stars who play her students.
		"Mona Lisa Smile" conforms to stereotypes about conformity so doggedly that it seems more like a live-action glass snow globe than a movie, quaintly evoking a vanished time and place rather than bringing it to life.
		For a woman who's supposed to be a "subversive" influence in a staid academic environment, she certainly seems anxious not to rock the boat in all but the most superficial ways.
	www.reviewjournal.com /lvrj_home/2003/Dec-19-Fri-2003/weekly/22792889.html (976 words)

	The Mystery of Mona Lisa's Smile Linked to Flickering Eyes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mona Lisa's smile comes and goes, she says, because of how the human visual system is designed, not because the expression is ambiguous.
		Thus when a person's center of gaze is on Mona Lisa's eyes, his less accurate peripheral vision is on her mouth.
		The actress Geena Davis also shows the Mona Lisa effect, Livingstone said, always seeming to be smiling, even when she isn't, because her cheek bones are so prominent.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/11/27/MN127339.DTL (582 words)

	DVD Review: Mona Lisa Smile
		Sure it meets every accepted definition of a ‘chick flick’ but there is more to it, there are aspects that cut right to the heart of one of the main purposes of cinema, the recreation of other times and places.
		Mona Lisa Smile is set in 1953 in Wellesley, a very upscale college for young women of some means.
		Mona Lisa Smile is one of the best possible collection of actresses possible.
	www.cheap-dvds-advisor.com /mona-lisa-smile.html (1121 words)

	Search Tuna Report for Mona Lisa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mona Lisa Mania Description: The Mona Lisa is widely recognized as the most famous painting in the history of art.
		Mona Lisa Celebriducks For The Connoisseur On August 21,1911, Mona Lisa was again stolen from the Louvre, this time, by an Italian thief, who brought the painting to Italy....
		Mona Lisa's Moustache Physicists and mathematicians have informed us that reality is irreducibly complex and plural, unable to be exhausted by any one system of description....
	www.searchtuna.com:8004 /ftlive/158.html (4826 words)

	Mona Lisa, the - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Mona Lisa, the
		In the Mona Lisa Leonardo brought his technique of sfumato (avoiding sharp outlines through gentle gradations of colour) to perfection.
		I remember that as we said good-bye, there was that in her smile that recalled the vulpine complacency of Mona Lisa, the Wise.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Mona+Lisa,+the (171 words)

	Mona Lisa Smile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		"Mona Lisa Smile" does offer a loving, amusingly detailed re-creation of the styles and music of the Eisenhower era, as well as a stellar ensemble of actresses playing the mostly WASP upper-class students and wives-to-be in Katherine's first Wellesley class.
		Konner and Rosenthal were inspired to make "Mona," they say, by the fact that Hillary Rodham Clinton attended Wellesley in the '60s - and their writing here is often as slick, melodramatic and self-convinced as the average political ad.
		You might assume that the fact "Mona Lisa Smile" was based on Hillary Clinton's Wellesley years might mean that the authors intended Katherine as a kind of Hillary surrogate.
	www.mytelus.com /movies/mdetails.do?movieID=51974a (605 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Mona Lisa Smile at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mona Lisa Smile is what I guess you might call a "f*ck tradition" kind of movie.
		Mona Lisa Smile is a thoughtful treatment of the subject of both female identity and the history of art.
		At one point in the movie "Mona Lisa Smile," art history teacher Katherine Watson (Julia Roberts) brings a Van Gogh paint-by-numbers set to her class, challenging her young, upper-crust students to either appreciate art or imitate it.
	www.epinions.com /Mona_Lisa_Smile_In_Theaters/display_~reviews (901 words)

	Critic Doctor (Herb Kane) - Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
		Columbia Pictures' "Mona Lisa Smile" is more boring and worthless than I had imagined - regardless of Julia Roberts' beautiful smile.
		None of the students, teachers or administrators remotely resembled anyone depicted in 'Mona Lisa Smile.' Students didn't date the male professors or try to humiliate new instructors.
		Carr admits that Dunst's character in "Mona Lisa Smile" is "not given much to work with and is left with no option but to just go through the motions." I agree.
	www.criticdoctor.com /reviews/monalisasmile2003.html (896 words)

	Urban Dictionary: mona lisa smile
		mona lisa smile isn't defined yet, but these are pretty close:
		A mona lisa is a piercing where a beauty mark should be.
		The Wellesley College campus was used in the movie \"Mona Lisa Smile\" starring Julia Roberts.
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=mona+lisa+smile (347 words)

	Mona Lisa Smile Movie Review - Mona Lisa Smile Movie Trailer - The Boston Globe
		In ''Mona Lisa Smile,'' a progressive art-history professor tries to teach the snooty know-it-alls dotting her lecture hall that life is bigger than marriage.
		''Mona Lisa Smile,'' however, seems like science fiction commissioned by a liberationist task force 30 years too late, though matters are more complicated than that.
		The reliable Mike Newell directs ''Mona Lisa Smile'' with such assurance that the important moments are never mawkish or dull, and he encourages the women to act with absolute conviction.
	www.boston.com /movies/display?display=movie&id=3316 (741 words)

	Wired 12.10: START
		Mona's enigmatic expression may literally be in the eye of the beholder.
		Look at the eyes, seeing the mouth only with your peripheral vision, and her glorious grin becomes obvious." That's because the human eye's foveal, or central, vision is set up to best perceive detail (and is connected to a disproportionately larger chunk of the brain's visual cortex); peripheral vision is optimized for broad visual strokes.
		In the images where the pixels accidentally enhanced the curvature at the corners of her mouth [E], observers saw Mona as happy.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/12.10/start.html?pg=8 (479 words)

	The Dent: Mona Lisa Smile
		Mona Lisa Smile was released on DVD in the U.S. and likely elsewhere on March 9, 2004.
		The movie Mona Lisa Smile is set to be released in U.K. theatres on March 11, 2004.
		In other news on this film, there is an entry for Mona Lisa Smile at IMDB.com now, and they not only mention Tori but if you check out the Tori Amos page at IMDB.com, you will find some nice photos of Tori from her appearance on the VH1 Big In 2002 Awards show.
	www.thedent.com /monalisa.html (2138 words)

	Mona Lisa's smile
		Mona Lisa sat their probably a few times for many hours not knowing if Leonardo DaVinci was doing a good job or not, but hey she was a model for this great painter who wouldn’t be happy.
		The subject of the Mona Lisa is thought to be Lisa Gherardini, wife of a cloth merchant from Florence, Italy.
		While decoding the Mona Lisa may be fun, the human facial computer recognition project Huang and Sebe collaborated on has important potential applications, including business and educational uses.
	blog.fotolia.com /us/archive/002004.html (749 words)

	Mona Lisa's Smile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		/2/ People came from far and wide to see this smile -- for it was, as van den Berg says, "the face of later generations," the revelation of a new way to live.
		Mona Lisa was smiling over the delicious and unexpected discovery of an interior secret, a hidden subjectivity, powerful enough to remake the world.
		It was not only Mona Lisa's smile that became famous, but also the landscape behind her.
	www.praxagora.com /stevet/fdnc/ch21.html (3833 words)

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