Smile

critic Reviews

, 79% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Deeply creepy visuals and a standout Sosie Bacon further elevate Smile's unsettling exploration of trauma, adding up to the rare feature that satisfyingly expands on a short.
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    Scott TobiasThe Reveal
    Finn uses the strength of his conceit to turn the screws, raising tension through the Ring-like timeline Rose faces and the sheer relentlessness of her supernatural tormentor.
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    Victoria LuxfordBBC.com
    If you want something that will make you jump out of your seat, this is very effective, but for me the story just didn't come together.
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    Kristy PuchkoMashable
    It could have been the kind of sinister flick that follows you home, slipping through the door, up the stairs, and curling up deep inside your head, daring you to sleep. Instead, Smile feels as disposable as a candy wrapper.
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    Catey SullivanChicago Reader
    Alas, Smile starts to feel as if it were written by an inept committee...
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    Nick SchagerThe Daily Beast
    Catnip for teens venturing out to the multiplex with friends on a Friday night.
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    A.A. DowdDigital Trends
    Turn up your nose, if you must, at the lowly cheap sting of a jump scare. Smile gives that maligned device a workout for the ages. It rattles with aplomb.
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    Justin BrownMedium Popcorn
    There were some aspects that were interesting but a lot of moments made me roll my eyes. The last twenty minutes got my attention but it was too little, too late at that point.
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    Brandon CollinsMedium Popcorn
    I did not have fun watching this. Relying too much on jump scares and not enough pay-off.
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    David BaxBattleship Pretension
    Don’t look away. Just keep smiling through it.
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    Agustín Acevedo KanopaLa Diaria
    Smile shows itself as a strange mixture of goldsmithing and cheap jewelry: the more unconscious it is of its own message and the further it is from giving its monsters a total shape (physical or metaphorical), the closer it is to saying something real.
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