Smile

Once you see it, it’s too late.

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.

116 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence, Horror).
Horror.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Kyle Gallner, Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. Usher, Kal Penn, Caitlin Stasey, Judy Reyes, Judy Reyes, Gillian Zinser
Director	Parker Finn
Screenplay	Parker Finn
Music	Cristobal Tapia de Veer
Cinematography	Charlie Sarroff
Editing	Elliot Greenberg
Made in	2022
Produced by	Paramount Players, Temple Hill Entertainment

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Horror
Language	None (sic)
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None (sic)
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Contains scenes of horror.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

USA MPAA rating

R: Restricted	Rated R for strong violent content and grisly images, and language.
Runtime	115
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 16 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Metacritic.com 31 critics	14
Rottentomatoes critics 146 critics	13
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer 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.	15
CommonSenseMedia Jeffrey M. Anderson Lots of gore and noisy jump-scares in disappointing chiller.	5
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 29 users	14
Rottentomatoes users 1000+ users	15
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter	16
IMDB 11546 Netizens	14
The Movie DB Community	13
Average .. 66%	13