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Mike Newell’s Mona Lisa Smile is undoubtedly one of the best feminist dramas of all time. The 2003 movie explores women’s empowerment in a sheltered space of a women’s liberal college in the 1950s, an era when oppression against females was the norm.

Here’s how you can watch and stream Mona Lisa Smile via streaming services such as HBO Max.

Is Mona Lisa Smile available to watch via streaming?

Yes, Mona Lisa Smile is available to watch via streaming on HBO Max.

Set in the early 1950s, the movie follows Katherine Watson, a graduate of UCLA who is hired to teach ‘art history’ at Wellesley College. On reaching there, she finds herself adopting an unconventional approach to teaching that challenges the oppressive and hierarchical gender norms.

Julia Roberts plays Katherine Ann Watson. Other casts include Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, and Dominic West, to name a few.

Watch Mona Lisa Smile streaming via HBO Max

Mona Lisa Smile is available to watch on HBO Max.

Max, formerly known as HBO Max is a renowned streaming platform rivaling the behemoths like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. Housing a plethora of movies, documentaries, and television shows, it serves as a solid space that prospective subscribers and eager viewers can access to consume a vast amount of entertainment content. Here are the steps one needs to follow to watch the series

1. Go to HBOMax.com/subscribe
2. Click ‘Sign Up Now’
3. Choose your plan:
   • $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year (with ads)- Max With Ads provides the service’s streaming library at a Full HD resolution, allowing users to stream on up to two supported devices at once.
   • $15.99 per month or $149.99 per year (ad-free)- Max Ad-Free removes the service’s commercials and allows streaming on two devices at once in Full HD. It also allows for 30 downloads at a time to allow users to watch content offline.
   • $19.99 per month or $199.99 per year (ultimate ad-free)- Max Ultimate Ad-Free allows users to stream on four devices at once in a 4K Ultra HD resolution and provides Dolby Atmos audio and 100 downloads.
4. Enter your personal information and password
5. Select ‘Create Account.’

Mona Lisa Smile’s synopsis is as follows:

“Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.”

NOTE: The streaming services listed above are subject to change. The information provided was correct at the time of writing.