Smile
Smile
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, a psychiatrist becomes increasingly convinced she is being threatened by an uncanny entity.
kyrilltje reviewedMay 3, 2025
I went into Smile thinking, “How scary can a smile be?” Answer: scarier than my student loan debt and commitment combined. This movie takes the universal symbol of happiness and turns it into a soul-devouring, anxiety-riddled nightmare fuel.
Plot twist: it’s not dental hygiene propaganda. Everyone’s grinning like they just won the lottery but are secretly possessed by pure evil. It’s basically The Ring but with extra orthodontic tension.
By the end, I wasn’t sure if I was scared or just awkwardly smiling back at the screen like, “Haha… please don’t haunt me.” Five stars for making me suspicious of everyone at my local Starbucks who smiled too long.