Mona Lisa
Sometimes love is a strange and wicked game.
1986 | 105m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Neil Jordan |
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| Writer: | Neil Jordan, David Leland |
| Staring: |
| George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's Cross days. That's when George's troubles just start. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 13, 1986 |
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| Director: | Neil Jordan |
| Writer: | Neil Jordan, David Leland |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | london, england, prostitute, ex-detainee, chauffeur, hoodlum, neo-noir |
| Production Companies | Film4 Productions, Handmade Films, Palace Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $5,794,184
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Bob Hoskins | George |
| Cathy Tyson | Simone |
| Michael Caine | Mortwell |
| Robbie Coltrane | Thomas |
| Clarke Peters | Anderson |
| Kate Hardie | Cathy |
| Zoë Nathenson | Jeannie |
| Sammi Davis | May |
| Joe Brown | Self |
| Pauline Melville | George's Wife |
| Hossein Karimbeik | Raschid |
| David Halliwell | Tim Devlin |
| Maggie O'Neill | Girl in Paradise Club |
| Perry Fenwick | Pimp |
| Gary Cady | Hotel Waiter |
| Richard Strange | Pornshop Man |
| Kenny Baker | Busker |
| Jack Purvis | Busker |
| Bill Moore | Busker |
| Rod Bedall | Terry |
| Raad Rawi | Arab Servant |
| Dawn Archibald | Wig Girl in Club |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Neil Jordan | Director, Screenplay |
| David Leland | Screenplay |
| Michael Kamen | Original Music Composer |
| Roger Pratt | Director of Photography |
| Susie Figgis | Casting |
| Jamie Leonard | Production Design |
| Stuart Williams | Carpenter |
| Gemma Jackson | Art Direction |
| Stevie Hall | Hairstylist |
| Lesley Walker | Editor |
| Les Benson | Property Master |
| Louise Frogley | Costume Design |
| Lois Burwell | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| George Harrison | Executive Producer |
| Stephen Woolley | Producer |
| Ray Cooper | Co-Producer |
| Patrick Cassavetti | Producer |
| Denis O'Brien | Executive Producer |
| Nik Powell | Co-Producer |
| Chris Brown | Co-Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actress | Catherine Deneuve | Nominated |
Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 16 | 35 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 10 |
| 2024 | 7 | 26 | 67 | 12 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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Really good British neo-noir featuring great performances from Bob Hoskins and the lovely Cathy Tyson who share some nice scenes together and a pretty melancholy ending. Michael Caine is great as a classy scumbag (seems like he played many of these roles in the 70s and 80s). This is the second time ... seeing this and still holds up. **4.0/5**
I had watched this movie many years ago, but not to remember much of it, so with the fairly positive ratings and Bob Hoskins, it felt like a safe bet. But there wasn’t as much humor as I thought I remembered, and the plot of a guy trying to “rescue” a hooker seems rather stereotypical and predictabl ... e in places. It didn’t do much for me and I barely stuck with it. I was so unimpressed that I decided not to watch another gangster movie featuring Hoskins and good ratings.