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Smile is a film that left me unable to imagine a woman smiling without an evil grin. It's left its mark on me for more than a few days. More like a lifetime. Smile is a 2022 psychological, supernatural horror movie written and directed by Parker Finn and is his first full-length flick, based on the short film, Laura Hasn't Slept (2020).
At a psych' ward, therapist Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) meets grad' student Laura Weaver (Caitlin Stasey), who tells her she just saw her professor kill himself. Laura states she's being terrorized by an invisible entity that appears as various grinning people. She screams, in panic mode, then smiles that evil grin and cuts her own throat.
On the 'morrow, Carl, a patient, smiles like Laura and screams that's she going to die. Rose calls the orderlies to restrain him, only to find out he's been asleep. Afraid for her sanity, her supervisor, Dr. Morgan Desai (Kal Penn from Harold & Kumar), forces her to take a week off work.
Yet the hallucinations continue. She goes to seek help from her former therapist, Dr. Madeline Northcott (Robin Weigert), who finds that her hallucinations come from seeing her abusive-and-mentally-ill mother's death from an overdose.
When Rose attends her nephew's birthday party, her dead cat's said nephew's present, petrifying the other guests. Rose's mind becomes afire and squirms with bugs, the breakdown being exacerbated by seeing one of the guests copping that evil grin.
The shit continues to hit the fan from there. I'm sure everyone's seen this film by now, but if not, this is a definite must-see.
Enjoy!
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