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Mona Lisa

1986

Neil Jordan

Bob Hoskins, Michael Caine, Cathy Tyson, Robbie Coltrane ...

6.7

2,016

Thriller. Film noir George, after getting out of prison, begins looking for a job, but his time in prison has reduced his stature in the criminal underworld. The only job he can find is to be a driver for Simone, a beautiful high-priced call girl, with whom he forms an at first grudging, and then real affection. Only Simone's playing a dangerous game, and when George agrees to help her, they both end up in a huge amount of trouble with Mortwell, the local kingpin. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"In a movie like this, everything depends on atmosphere and character, and 'Mona Lisa' knows exactly what it is doing (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"[Jordan] does a good job of re-creating the dark romanticism of American film noir (...) Hoskins delivers a classic star turn"	POS
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"[It]' looks terrific. It has Nat (King) Cole on the soundtrack. It has vividly realized characters behaving in unexpected ways. Yet the excitement doesn't build - it runs down"	NEU
United Kingdom	Time Out	"One of the most affecting love stories in recent cinema (...) A wonderful achievement, a dark film with a generous heart in the shape of an extraordinarily touching performance from Hoskins."	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"[An] intelligent and taut fusion of gangster thriller, love story and exploration of class, race, even sexuality (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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