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- 2022
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 55 m
- 2022
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 55 m
Summary After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality.
Directed By: Parker Finn
Written By: Parker Finn
- 2022
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 55 m
- 2022
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 55 m
Smile
68
6.5
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Summary After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality.
Directed By: Parker Finn
Written By: Parker Finn
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
68
78% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
19% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
68
78% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
19% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
This isn’t just a great horror story; it’s genuinely scary. You may be able to recognize familiar elements in its DNA, but it’s mutated into something distinct and unsettling. What a showcase of shocks. What a devilish debut.
The combination of a committed central performance from the increasingly gaunt and haunted Bacon, and a jarring, tortured score, makes for an enjoyably nasty brush with the smiling face of evil.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 201 User Ratings
6.5
57% Positive
114 Ratings
114 Ratings
32% Mixed
65 Ratings
65 Ratings
11% Negative
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 201 User Ratings
6.5
57% Positive
114 Ratings
114 Ratings
32% Mixed
65 Ratings
65 Ratings
11% Negative
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
One of the few horror films that stand out in the bad film year 2022. Great story with very good actors. The story packs in and doesn't let you go until the end. The interesting soundtrack is worth mentioning here. The CGI's are in the upper field, the arc of suspense is present from the beginning and increases to its climax at the end of the film. Worth watching the movie.
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Now this is how you make a Directorial debut! This movie was way better than it should have been and was a horror/thriller with a final act that delivers a jaw dropping experience. It is one of the best horror films i've seen in a while. I will be picking this up on blurry day 1. loved this
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Smile is an immensely well-crafted horror movie.
Smile is a disorienting, anxiety-inducing nightmare that leaves you questioning everything you see. The scares feel over-abundant at first, with feints and fake-outs almost laughably frequent, but they eventually create a creeping paranoia that nothing is quite as it seems.
Indeed, Smile, at its best, is a bit weirder and more left-field than you may expect. Following the recent release of Barbarian, it’s continuing this year’s trend of seemingly well-polished, potentially anonymous studio horrors having much more inspired, hidden ambitions than other high-profile contemporaries.
Considering every horror film these days seems to be “about trauma”, Smile suffers from never evolving past the basics – that trauma begets trauma and, if left unchecked and unexamined, can consume a person’s life.
It should surprise no one that a movie marketed with creepy smiling fans at MLB games might not actually have genuine concerns about pain and healing on its mind. But it still makes “Smile” a cynical and shallow piece of work unlikely to put a you-know-what on too many faces.
Sólo escribo esto para darle mis más sincera enhorabuena al director por conseguir lo que no han logrado en una década ninguna película de terror, dejarme jodidamente perturbado al acabarla. Más por favor
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It's like a mix of IT FOLLOWS and THE BABADOOK, but in a good/entertaining way? The smile concept is creepy, I liked that the film takes its time to build the story, there are no cheap jump scares, and the kills are gruesome. I loved the birthday scene, best scene of the movie! Really liked the whole trauma aspect, although the ending felt kinda stupid. Solid creepy watch!
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Cheap jumpscares but good setup and idiotic characters
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Super basic. The script is boring and awful. Cinematography is so over the top it ruins any tension it attempts to build. The actors are okay. The first scene is the best part. If you've never seen a horror film before, specifically Japanese horror like Ringu and Ju-on, you might find this interesting, but it does nothing new and doesn't do what it's copying very well.
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Dull poorly directed predictable horror film let down by its average cast and unintelligent screenplay. With no star talent to hook onto, not even the cheap audio jump scares, gory violence and maximum Dutch titling shots were enough to keep me watching and I bailed around 40 mins in. Didn't want to waste anymore time on this forgettable low brow **** Hollywood forgetting how to make films or something?
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Production Company
Paramount Players,
Temple Hill Entertainment
Release Date Sep 30, 2022
Duration 1 h 55 m
Rating R
Tagline Once you see it, it's too late.
Website
https://amzn.to/3SJH3Qw
Awards
Golden Scythe Horror Awards
• 11 Nominations
Sunset Film Circle Awards
• 2 Nominations
MTV Movie + TV Awards
• 2 Nominations
