Smile

[Brian in Mesa]

Smile

Release Date: September 30, 2022
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: Parker Finn
MPAA Rating: R for strong violent content and grisly images, and language
Screenwriter: Parker Finn
Genre: Horror

Starring: Sosie Bacon, Kyle Gallner, Caitlin Stasey, Robin Weigert, Jessie T. Usher, Kal Penn, Judy Reyes, Kevin Keppy, Rob Morgan

Plot Summary: After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain. Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality.

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[Stout]

This looks fun.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

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[Ronin]

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[Stout]

Wow, what a tale of two perspectives for this movie. As just a movie with no consideration for the movie's message, purposeful or not, it was pretty good. Sure, it kind of ripped off Midsomar a bit, but who cares. As a movie about mental health, this was absolute trash that horribly misrepresents a lot and has about as unhealthy a series of messages about trauma as possible. I don't even have the energy to get into it.

As a therapist, I wish they would have gotten a real consultant, because the therapy room for a psych ER was offensively dumb. Still, that's not important in the grand scheme of things

 

[Brian in Mesa]

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[Shane]

This was sorta fun…. Just got back and we enjoyed it.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Thought this was okay, but with a really strong ending.

Go watch Barbarian. Best horror movie of the year.