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
Mona Lisa
Sometimes love is a strange and wicked game.
1986 · 1h 45m · R
Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Neil Jordan
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Mona Lisa
Overview
George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date.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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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Skillfully combines comedy and thriller, romance and sleaze.
Variety Staff, Variety
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
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
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
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