Mona Lisa

1986
R
1h 44m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

19K

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Bob Hoskins and Cathy Tyson in Mona Lisa (1986)

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A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

19K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 14 wins & 14 nominations total

Trivia
Mortwell's strip club is actually the famous Raymond RevueBar in London's Soho district. The giant prop hand Mortwell sits in was a famous element of the show, visible in a lot of promotional material for the club. At one point George walks past a poster for the Festival of Erotica, a real show at the RevueBar at the time.

Goofs
A camera shadow is visible on the racks of clothes when Simone and George go shopping.

Quotes
George: [pointing to himself and his rabbit] He'll have a lettuce and I'll have a Bloody Mary.

Crazy credits
In the credits at the end, "Richard Starkey, MBE" (i.e., Ringo Starr) is listed as "Special Production Assistant."

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Desert Hearts/Mona Lisa/Letter to Brezhnev (1986)

Soundtracks
Mona Lisa
by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Used by permission of Famous Music Corporation
Performed by Nat 'King' Cole
Original Sound Recording Owned and Controlled by Capitol Records, Inc.

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Featured review

7/10

great performances

George (Bob Hoskins) gets out of prison but his wife won't let him see his daughter. Thomas (Robbie Coltrane) is his friend from the old days. Times have changed. The only job he can get is to drive high-priced call girl Simone (Cathy Tyson) for local gangster Denny Mortwell (Michael Caine). George and Simone don't get along at first. Simone talks George into looking for young prostitute Cathy but he befriends abused May (Sammi Davis) instead. Meanwhile Denny wants George to find out what Simone is doing with one particular client.

Cathy Tyson is electric in her character. Bob Hoskins is great but his character is conveniently written dumb sometimes. At times, he's too naive like crashing in on one of Simone's tricks. I don't know what exactly he expects to see in that room. Sammi Davis is absolutely heart-breaking. The movie is a little uneven at times but the two leads are great.