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Article: ROBERTS IS THE WEAKEST LINK IN ENTERTAINING "MONA LISA".(DAILY BREAK)(Review)

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The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
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December 20, 2003
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Byline: MAL VINCENT THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

Sorry, Julia, we've seen Miss Jean Brodie, and you're no Miss Jean Brodie.

For the uninitiated, Maggie Smith played a free-spirited teacher in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,'' which won Smith an Academy Award. She is the ultimate libertarian movie school teacher, but she has a worthy sister in Jennifer Jones' memorable role in "Good Morning, Miss Dove.''

"Mona Lisa Smile'' has Julia Roberts as a somewhat Bohemian teacher from California who descends on the snobbish Wellesley College campus in 1953.

Roberts' significant box office clout will be put to the test in selling her new image as ...

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