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4/4
It is an excellent film, but very dark
Matthew Brady - wrote on 06/19/2023
“She was trapped. From the first time he met her. She was trapped. Like a bird in a cage. But he couldn't see it. He liked her, but he was the type who couldn't see what was in front of his face. And there she was, in pain. You can get soppy about someone, well, you can't see these things, and he was, soppy sod. She had faith in him. She believed in him. And he had a lot of hopes for her. And there was love. Yeah. She was in love alright. She really was. But not with him. And that's the story.”
If Taxi Driver showed us the dark underbelly and filth in New York City, then Mona Lisa showed us the dark going on in London.
At first glance, the premise seems straight out of a Rom-com comedy. George (Bob Hoskins) meets Simone (Cathy Tyson), who dislike each other at first …