Playing Mona Lisa (2000)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Matthew Huffman

Writers (WGA):

Marni Freedman (play)
Marni Freedman (screenplay) ...

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A young pianist is looking for love in all the wrong places once her fiancee drops her. Maybe her flame will be rekindled both for the piano and a new love?

Plot Keywords:

Pianist | Earthquake | Piano | Girl Stripped Down To Bra | San Francisco California

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Alicia Witt	...	Claire Goldstein
Harvey Fierstein	...	Bennett
Brooke Langton	...	Sabrina
Johnny Galecki	...	Arthur
Ivan Sergei	...	Eddie / Carl / Ben
Marlo Thomas	...	Sheila Goldstein
Elliott Gould	...	Bernie Goldstein
Tammy Townsend	...	Alice
Molly Hagan	...	Jenine Goldstein
Estelle Harris	...	Aunt Velva
Pat Crawford Brown	...	Grandma Ida Weinberg
Zachary Kranzler	...	Jeremy
Joe Mazza	...	Barry / Bo
Sulo Williams	...	Manny
Sandra Bernhard	...	Bibi Carlson

Also Known As:

Two Goldsteins on Acid (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for drug content, sex-related dialogue and brief language.

Runtime:

Brazil:97 min | USA:97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Australia:M | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Hayes Street, San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Bubble Factory, The

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Eddie takes Clair to the greenhouse for pizza, you can see a cameraman crouching behind leaves as they enter, even though he says they closed it a long time ago.

Quotes:

Arthur: No, I only work at the video store part time, and at night I'm working on my first novel, called "I Hate People".

Movie Connections:

References "Baywatch" (1989)

Soundtrack:

The Rumble of Normal

pointless, NOT a screwball "comedy"

This is obviously a chick flick and therefore not aimed at me but, even so, I cannot see that this movie serves any point whatsoever. Alicia Witt is charming but that is NOT all that a real film requires. This is a "comedy" created by Hollywood hacks who do not really respect comedy. "Let's have a normal heroine and throw ha ha hilarious eccentric characters all around her." That's not how you create comedy, it's how contemptuous people slough junk off onto us. If you enjoyed this film, you must laugh uproariously when you see people around you fall into mud puddles. I sure wish Hollywood would quit trying to market this sort of thing as comedy and come up with some new term for it. My suggestion would be "lamedy" but I don't suppose they'd go for that. While taking a walk, a little kid in the park said, "Poop," to me. If you find that hilarious, then you'll enjoy this flick.