Mona Lisa
Sometimes love is a strange and wicked game.
Sometimes love is a strange and wicked game.
Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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1986
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George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's Cross days. That's when George's troubles just start.
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Runtime:
105 min
Release date:
13 Jun 1986
Country:
GB
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$5,794,184
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 14 wins & 14 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
No wonder audiences have taken to this gritty romance as to a mongrel puppy; for at heart Mona Lisa is an old-fashioned poor-soul weepie, and George is less a Cagney rakehell than a Chaplin tramp.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
20 Apr 2010
fresh:
Skillfully combines comedy and thriller, romance and sleaze.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
A wonderful achievement, a dark film with a generous heart in the shape of an extraordinarily touching performance from Hoskins.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
It's like watching the departure of an ocean liner. After all of the initial excitement, you're left on the dock, alone, wondering what all the fuss was about.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
The movie's ending is a little too neat for my taste. But in a movie like this, everything depends on atmosphere and character, and Mona Lisa knows exactly what it is doing.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000