Smile (V) (2022)
4/10
Generic, lame, overly long - and pretty stupid
8 November 2022
If you have ever seen any horror film before, this will seem like it really is - a naive, generic and badly written cash grab.

Almost every aspect of this film has been ripped of from another, better film.

The music is wanna-be scary and has nothing to do with what the film shows, the sound design is stupidly dishonest to squeeze a bit more reaction out of the audience, and the writing is... lackluster, to say the least. And the runtime is as exaggerated as some of the film's dialogue is terrible. Pretty much, that is.

The smiling is so unscary and inconsistent throughout the film that it's actually hilarious. I would have loved to see Sam Raimi's version of SMILE, and it would have been a much better film.

So if you're some horror newbie who finds smiling scary, have fun. If you have seen and enjoyed actually good horror films, you should probably skip this one or see it as a comedy.
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