Fifties feminism hits DVD

For women in the 1950's getting married, setting up house and popping out a few kids looked like the only option after college. Forget graduate school or a career; it wasn't in the cards. Despite poor editing and even worse storytelling, "Mona Lisa Smile" does provide a quick lesson in art history and a look at women's roles in the '50s. \nMeet Katherine Watson (Julia Roberts), a "progressive" art history professor straight off the train from California determined to encourage the close-minded students at Wellesley College to aspire to be more than the mold of a housewife. Think "Dead Poet's Society" but with women and nobody dies at the end, most just get married (which in many cases is a lot like death). \nThe movie drags at times and several of the scenes seem to be put in randomly. After watching it twice it still appears that key scenes are missing, which caused much confusion on who hates whom at what time, as well as extremely flat characters.\nThe "special" features (if you can call them that) present the actresses talking art, women's rights and other topics, which the stars of films such as "Bring It On" and "10 Things I Hate About You" have no business discussing. \nOverall this is like most Julia Roberts movies; it's tolerable if you have a uterus.