Storyline
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter 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.
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Cast
Kal Penn, Kyle Gallner, Caitlin Stasey, Marti Matulis, Gillian Zinser, Robin Weigert, Rob Morgan, Nick Arapoglou, Judy Reyes, Sosie Bacon, Jared Johnston, Jessie T. Usher, Meghan Brown Pratt, Shevy Gutierrez, Ura Yoana Sánchez, Scot Teller, Dora Kiss, Michelle Persiano, Setty Brosevelt, Jerry Lobrow, Brandon Brigman, Vanessa Cozart, Sara Kapner, Perry Strong, Nadia Ramdass, Matthew Lamb, Shu Q, Athena Smiley, Rachel Yong, Asia Hernandez, Ilene Blackman, Steven Bullock, Felix Melendez Jr., Kevin Keppy, Steven Strickland
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Reviews
92
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.
87
No matter how excessively the legitimate scares pile up, they’re startling and convincing. The editing and music are impressively tuned for maximum impact whenever the slow-burning tension resolves with an abrupt, ugly surprise. All of which makes Smile an efficient ride, if an unusually unrelenting one.
83
Collider
Smile holds no surprises. No big twists. You know what you are getting going into this movie. It is predictable from the first minute. But it is an enjoyable, scary ride that is well-plotted and acted. You will know how it ends within the first five minutes of the film. But the ride getting there is well worth it.
80
The movie is a shard of comic and cosmic spite, and the image of the malign smile carries force.
75
Slant Magazine
Everything Smile is doing is familiar enough at this point to be considered old-fangled, but the striking precision of its craft sloughs away any sensations of déjà vu.
