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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.
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter, a psychiatrist, begins experiencing frightening hallucinations and uncanny occurrences. She must confront her disturbing past to survive and escape her new horrifying reality. As the entity relentlessly targets her, Rose finds herself racing against time to understand its nature and break the cycle of terror before it consumes her entirely.
Smile was a commercial and critical success, praised for its effective scares, unsettling atmosphere, and strong lead performance. While some critics noted familiar horror tropes, the film was widely commended for its visual style and ability to generate genuine dread.
Praised for its genuinely creepy atmosphere and jump scares.
Sosie Bacon's performance as the troubled protagonist is a standout.
While relying on some familiar horror beats, it delivers effective psychological dread.
Google audience: Audience reviews generally highlight the film's effectiveness as a horror movie, with many appreciating the suspense and scares. Some viewers found the plot predictable, but the overall sentiment is that it's a well-executed and frightening experience.
The distinctive, unsettling smile that is central to the film's horror was inspired by a brief, terrifying moment director Parker Finn experienced as a child when a stranger smiled at him with an unnatural expression.
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I liked Smile. It’s a solid horror movie that kept me engaged, but I couldn’t help feeling like it was missing something. The premise is really strong, and it teases a deeper psychological exploration that I was excited for, but it didn’...
Suitably creepy, even if it does lose effectiveness as its progresses. 2022's <em>'Smile'</em> is still, all in all, a good movie. The premise ought to bring entertainment and I'm pleased to say that it does, at least for me. I like the ...
First thing that I like about this movie is that, it's unique. It's not like a copy of another copy like we usually see these days. Story's unique. Second thing that I liked about this movie is that it's scary, it's quite scary. If you're h...
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) starts experiencing odd occurrences that she can't explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her past...
Some creepy moments for sure and a decent performance from Sosie Bacon, this is just another supernatural-horror film that I didn't find terribly entertaining and is pretty predictable. I suppose there are worse ways to spend two hours and ...
Jebus! 😱 This is the most effective horror experience I've had since The Ring. Possibly ever. Holy. Crap. Glad there's still time to watch an animated family movie before I need to sleep. 45 years old, didn't think I could ever be this sca...
MORE SPOILER-FREE MINI-REVIEWS @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/mini-reviews-2022-edition "Smile deserves the praise it has received since its release. Parker Finn's feature directorial debut contains haunting levels of susp...
"Dr. Rose Cotter" (Sosie Bacon) is a dedicated clinical psychologist who witnesses the gruesome suicide of a young woman in her hospital consulting room. Traumatised, as you might expect, she gradually starts to suffer from unexpected going...
As an avid horror fan, I can genuinely say that Smile unsettled me beyond belief. In many horror films of today, directors rely solely on jump scares to create this sense of shock and horror. But in Smile, Parker Finn is able to build suspe...
**Smile’s creepy trailers and clever marketing were the best parts of a movie with a meager plot drenched in uneasy sounds, and way too many jump scares.** Smile obsesses over saturating every moment in unsettling dread. The score and so...