Smile (2022)

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After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain. Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality (imdb.com).

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Directed By: Parker Finn

Written By: Parker Finn

Starring: Kal Penn, Kyle Gallner, Robin Weigert, Rob Morgan, Caitlin Stasey, Judy Reyes, Gillian Zinser, Jessie T. Usher, Sosie Bacon, Jack Sochet, Nick Arapoglou, Perry Strong

Genres: Suspense/Thriller, Horror, Mystery

Country: USA

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Smile belongs to 6 collections

1. #1 at the US Box Office (collaborative: moderated by BeeDub - 10 stars)

2. 0: On My Radar (public: KasperL - 3 stars)

3. seen in 2022 (public: sproost)

4. 0,1 FILMO (public: Jobs-Bronson)

5. Halloween Month 2022 (public: Alan_Laidlaw)

6. CR 4 (public: Jobs-Bronson)

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Stars	User	Rating
9	Mentaculus	72 _57th
It’s not a surprise to see contagion-horror pop up these days, but what is a shocker is to find one so good: hitting themes of claustrophobia and mania authentically. Finn takes old school J-horror techniques - notably, working with negative space within and outside the frame - to evoke a persistent dread, which works triumphantly. A brilliant birthday party scene raises the character stakes, and we get practical creature effects! A part of me didn’t want to smile, I worried it’d stick.
6	Dakota99	8 _88th
Despite some more goofier than tension building elements, Smile is quite good at what it sets out to be. It has a great foundation of screenwriting and visual imagery that aligns well with this dark and confusing atmosphere. The characters themselves are a solid step above the traditional “fill ins” that this genre is vastly known for which really helps the very few problems this film has. Honestly, aside some iffy pacing and goofy elements, this is quite amazing. I’m really impressed.
3	Salomon	55 _11th
just a nother Horror movie where the intensity is good but the explaining of the Evil in the Movie was not much at all ..
3	Ofterdingen	72 _80th
One of the more luxurious and well-made horror films in quite a while. Also rather tense from beginning to end. Great cinematography and sound design.
3	guy piranha	40 _12th
Shit follows
3	Leonardis	78 _26th
Surprisingly solid overall. Some of the comparisons to The Ring and It Follows are fair. It’s the same premise, just with a different style and threat. I think it looked and felt different enough to be its own thing though. I didn’t like ending at all and I still don’t find smiles scary, but there were a handful of freaky moments and good jump scares. I loved the score and directing, and Sosie Bacon was pretty solid too. A good, spooky time at the movies, perfect for an October matinee.
2	BillyShears	60 _34th
Some well shot gobbledygook. Does not need to be 2 hours long, baby when it starts to drag I ain't smilin' - needed more smiling menace moments, having someone break down being all I KNOW WhAT I SAW more than a few times gets a little dull. People catching mental illnesses like it's the flu you know how annoying that would be if real. Can we stop just making every demon a tall lanky person. Robert Wadlow would be burnt at the stake. The opening title flash reminded me of BRÜNO lol
2	moraesfelipe	65 _62nd
I really like the way it formally taps into trauma in It Follows-ish fashion -- it just resembles post-horror, but fortunately goes beyond that trope. Too bad the climax doesn't quite deliver -- it seems too concerned with rules and less with imagery -- but the overall result is pretty positive. Great score.
2	bof	58 _35th
Essentially an It Follows remake with adults. Has mood and jump scares enough, at least in the first half. But for a movie where the ostensible metaphor (and as always, so-called "elevated horror" just has the ONE metaphor) is mental illness, you might expect a protagonist who's an actual psychiatrist to not jump straight to "I SWEAR I'M NOT CRAAAAZY!" whynotboth.gif But the big failure is how just... boring it gets by the end. Yeah yeah, here comes the twist, get it over with.
2	feritdgn	72 _64th
Smile is one of the best horror movies of the year for me, and also the scariest one. Although jump scare is old now, it is still effective when used correctly, Smile is one of the best examples of this. The atmosphere provided, the ever-increasing tension, especially in the final, peaks. You should watch it in theaters. (10/08/2022 - Capitol Spectrum Cineplex)
2	The_Rveal	35 _56th
Smile tiptoes on the edge of shamelessness in borrowing moves from better films—there are two Midsommar-like world-turned-upside-down shots; the surveillance-like camera moves into open space a la It Follows; and even a sequence that recalls Bernard Rose’s Paperhouse—but Finn mostly proves he has excellent taste. He’s curated a good time.
1	Moribunny	50 _38th
The special effects studio did an incredible job here, and I wish it wasn't wasted on what is structurally another Ringu clone, and materially the genre's gazillionth allegory about personal trauma.
1	twincinema	40 _18th
The real horror is that this is two hours in length. The smiling is creepy, but I just felt so checked out by the end of this. My brain can really only handle TikTok videos now. Yes, I am in my mid-30s. Is that weird?
1	mattornot	15 _60th
Phenomenal sound design + (IMO) one of the best visual representations of trauma and psychosis out there
1	Kuroel	60 _52nd
Aight. It’s a shame that Smile fails to build truly existential dread and relies more on jumpscares. But to its credit - boy were they goooood! I also loved the creature design. Biggest drawbacks are the sluggishness between the scares and the lead having extreme dumbdumb moments because she’s in a horror movie. Not a theater flick. You need to watch this alone at night.
1	BadCosmonaut	2 _7th
If there's one trope I'm done with in horror films, it's having to see the same tired ass process where 1. the protagonist doesn't believe what's happening, then 2. the protagonist believes but keeps it a secret/lies about it, then 3. the protagonist finally starts to tell people but no one (not even one fucking person she's close with) believes her or even entertains the idea that she's telling the truth. I want to see them try to figure it out. I want to see them fight back, god damnit!
1	philamental	43 _13th
It's hard to top the 'Shit Follows' mini review from guy piranha but here's some thoughts anyway. I'm starting to think I don't like horror movies as much as I thought I did as with Malignant, Barbarian and now Smile, all were heralded as great modern horrors and save for a few scenes/moments/ideas I thought all of them were dog shit. Smile is probably the best of those three, but that's not saying much.
1	anilscn	65 _70th
uzun yıllar sonra ilk defa ana akım ürpertici bir film. dalga geçen aptallara inanmayın
1	ADragon91	30 _13th
Best funny bad movie of 2022.
1	nobamba	60 _61st
The spoiler-filled trailer somehow made me dread watching this film even more, knowing the jump scares could be around any corner (also not sure about 2-hour runtime) The shots, editing, and music were typical of modern studio horrors where they're all calculated for maximum effectiveness. The backstory was an interesting explanation of what was going on. Overall, always creepy to transform mundane everyday things like a smile or a phone suddenly ringing. Fav scenes: PhD student; home alarm.
1	jarobmul	69 _44th
:) The smile was coming from the composer cuz they really went off at times. Pretty uninspired ending though especially since there was potential there to do more with trauma affecting the kid.

Average Percentile 42.12% from 376 Ratings