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Mona Lisa
1985
In Neil Jordan's MONA LISA, ex-con George (Bob Hoskins), expecting to be repaid after taking a fall for his crime boss, is reduced to driving classy call girl Simone (Cathy Tyson) to her jobs at London's finer hotels. Despite their differences--he's a poorly-educated, unattractive, and unsophisticated bigot; she's a beautiful, .. Read more
| Starring | Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Caine |
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| Director | Neil Jordan |
| Genres | Drama |
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Mona Lisa
In Neil Jordan's MONA LISA, ex-con George (Bob Hoskins), expecting to be repaid after taking a fall for his crime boss, is reduced to driving classy call girl Simone (Cathy Tyson) to her jobs at London's finer hotels. Despite their differences--he's a poorly-educated, unattractive, and unsophisticated bigot; she's a beautiful, elegant, and intelligent black woman--George falls in love with her and agrees to help locate one of her old friends, a junkie still working the streets for a dangerously violent pimp.
| Starring | Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Caine |
|---|---|
| Director | Neil Jordan |
| Studio | ANCHOR BAY HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 25 Feb 2002 Production year: 1985 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (5)
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Coming between Is Paris Burning? and The Young Girls of Rochefort, this was the second of three films that George Chakiris made in France in the mid-1960s. Easily the least of the trio, it's a humdrum period caper movie that has none of the ingenuity or intensity of Rififi and even less of the bravura that made the gallery sequences in the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair so entertaining. However, it does have the advantage of being based on a true story, as Leonardo's masterpiece was lifted from the Louvre in 1911 and not returned for two years.
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An assured London-set thriller about the need to love. An old friend (Caine, looking like a man who sweats horribly... read more on Time Out
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6 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Still a Great
I first saw this film on video, some years ago. It has lost none of its sparkle, maybe the fashions are a bit dated. But it shows what a great actor Bob Hoskins really is. And what a great British Cast Which includes a Young Robie Coltrane, the great Micheal Caine and newcomer Cathy Tyson. Along with the Long Good Friday, also with Bob Hoskins. It shows the British can make great films which stand the test of time.
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Most recent members' review
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Brilliant
The Best of British. Bob Hoskins is classic
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Rourke in Mona Lisa remake
- 18 May 2009
Mickey Rourke is to star in a remake of the 1986 gangster movie Mona Lisa. The Wrestler star will portray an ex-con working as a chauffeur for a high-class escort, rumoured to be played by Casino Royal actress Eva Green. The original movie's line-up included Bob Hoskins and Michael Caine, and saw Hoskins go on to win the 1987 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama. Read more
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Mona Lisa
In Neil Jordan's MONA LISA, ex-con George (Bob Hoskins), expecting to be repaid after taking a fall for his crime boss, is reduced to driving classy call girl Simone (Cathy Tyson) to her jobs at London's finer hotels. Despite their differences--he's a poorly-educated, unattractive, and ...
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