Kelly J. Britt Movies
Set in 1953, Mona Lisa Smile tells the story of Katherine Watson (Julia Roberts), a new young art history professor at Wellesley College, an all-female campus with a prestigious reputation for academic excellence. Unfortunately for free-minded Berkeley grad Watson, her East Coast teaching stint comes during a less-progressive time that finds most of her students -- among them Betty Warren (Kirsten Dunst), Joan Brandwyn (Julia Stiles), and Giselle Levy (Maggie Gyllenhaal) -- more interested in nabbing a good husband than achieving scholastic and intellectual growth. Watson challenges her students and the Wellesley faculty to think outside of the current mores of the community and redefine what it means to be a success; meanwhile, she tries to come to terms with her own heart's desires. Mona Lisa Smile co-stars Marcia Gay Harden, Juliet Stevenson, and, as Watson's conflicting love interests, Dominic West and John Slattery. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, (more)
- 1990
Freewheeling Brian (Steven Weber) arranges a blind date between his uptight brother Joe (Tim Daly) and local girl Cindy (a pre-Will & Grace Megan Mullally). The problem is that Cindy has "known" (in the Biblical sense) virtually every adult male in Nantucket -- including Brian. This situation plays itself out in a riotous double date, from which both Joe and Brian emerge with battle scars aplenty! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1970
Future M*A*S*H regular Harry Morgan guest stars as angry motorist Willie Larkin, who sues the Partridges for $500,000, claiming to have suffered whiplash in a minor fender-bender. After several failed attempts to prove that Willie isn't injured, the family takes a brand new approach, smothering the crotchety Larkin in a surfeit of courtesy and kindness. Watch for Farrah Fawcett in a minor role. Song: "I'll Leave Myself a Little Time". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
