Mona Lisa Smile

Drama, History, Romance

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Mike Newell

Status Released

Release Date 2003-12-19

Storyline

Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.

"They had everything. She showed them more."