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Mona Lisa

Sometimes love is a strange and wicked game.

6.9(310)19861h 45m3

George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date.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.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$5.8M
Language
English
  • chauffeur
  • london, england
  • prostitute
  • ex-detainee
  • hoodlum
  • neo-noir

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Neil Jordan

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR13 Jun 1986
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1519 Sept 1986
    • Physical18DVD10 Oct 2005
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical (limited)1613 Jun 1986
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-187 Nov 1986
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival18 May 1986
    • Theatrical6 Aug 1986
    • TVARTE8 Apr 1996
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1811 Dec 1986
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical1622 Dec 2004
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical1519 Sept 1986
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalR18+21 Mar 1987
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1215 Jan 1987
    • TV12Net 58 Mar 2003
    • Physical12DVD26 Aug 2003
    • Physical12Blu ray6 Jul 2015
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical1822 Oct 1988

Frequently asked questions

Mona Lisa was released on 13 June 1986.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    JPV852

    6/23/2022

    8/10

    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**

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    Peter McGinn

    6/19/2023

    6/10

    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 predictable 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 anoth…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    4/21/2025

    7/10

    Bob Hoskins is entirely convincing as the increasingly conflicted and crotchety petty criminal “George” who has just been released after a seven year stretch as a guest of Her Majesty. He has been released into a world that doesn’t really want him any more, and so he is relegated to driving high class hooker “Simone” (Cathy Tyson) from one wealthy client to another, whilst his ex-wife ensures that he isn’t welcome at…

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