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The Smile (2008) is a Young Adult novel by Donna Jo Napoli that details a slice of the life of Monna Elisabetta, better known as the Mona Lisa. Some historical figures enter the plot, including Leonardo da Vinci and members of the famous Medici family .
Mona Lisa Smile received mixed to negative reviews from film critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 33% approval rating based on 150 reviews, with an average score of 4.9/10 and a consensus: "Though Mona Lisa Smile espouses the value of breaking barriers, the movie itself is
Mona Lisa Smile follows Roberts' character Katherine Ann Watson as she accepts an Art History teaching position at Wellesley College in the 1950s and attempts to helps liberate the minds of her ...
The mysterious 'Mona Lisa' has captivated people for centuries, and there has been much discussion about which particular mood the subject is expressing. Researchers decode mystery behind Mona ...
The trilogy was commercially and critically successful. Steven Poole, writing in The Guardian, described "Neuromancer and the two novels which followed, Count Zero (1986) and the gorgeously titled Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988)" as making up "a fertile holy trinity, a sort of Chrome Koran (the name of one of Gibson's future rock bands) of ideas inviting endless reworkings".
Art historians say Leonardo da Vinci hid an optical illusion in the Mona Lisa's face: she doesn't always appear to be smiling. There's question as to whether it was intentional, but new research ...
Bauer has acted in Mona Lisa Smile with Julia Roberts and Long Distance with Monica Keena. In 2005, she voiced in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Alison Lohman, Patrick Stewart and Uma Thurman. In 2007, she was cast as the lead role of Dawn and as the Sinnoh League Champion Cynthia in the Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl anime series.
Overall, ‘Smile 2’ delivers more effective horror and suspense with a stronger cast and powerhouse leading performance. This is one that is worth seeing with a crowd and is certainly good for ...