Smile [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Director: Parker Finn Parker Finn

Overview

Once an intuitive, empathetic mental health physician, Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) feels her grip on reality slipping after bearing witness to an unsettling, traumatic incident with a patient. Determined to regain agency over her situation, Rose must face her disturbing past head-on if she is to live to see another day. Parker Finn writes and directs this horror. Co-starring Jessie T. Usher, Kyle Gallner, and Caitlin Stasey.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/13/2022
UPC:	0191329237014
Original Release:	2022
Rating:	R
Source:	Paramount
Language:	English
Time:	1:56:00
Sales rank:	41,383

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Sosie Bacon	Rose Cotter
Kyle Gallner	Joel
Caitlin Stasey	Laura Weaver
Robin Weigert	Dr. Madeline Northcott
Jessie T. Usher	Trevor
Kal Penn	Dr. Morgan Desai
Judy Reyes	Victoria Munoz
Kevin Keppy	Nightmare Mom
Rob Morgan	Robert Talley
Gillian Zinser	Holly
Marti Matulis	Dora Kiss
Dora Kiss	Mom
Sara Kapner	Stephanie
Matthew Lamb	Jackson
Jerry Lobrow	Cocktail Party Guest
Scot Teller	Prison Guard
Vanessa Cozart	Nurse
Nick Arapoglou	Greg
Setty Brosevelt	Driver/Pedestrian
Jack Sochet	Carl Renken
Athena Smiley	Little girl
Steven Strickland	Deputy Sheriff
Jared Johnston	Orderly Dan
Shevy Gutierrez	Officer Wilkes
Asia Hernandez	Yvonne
Rachel Yong	Brash Colleague
Perry Strong	Detective Buckley
Ura Yoana Sánchez	Nurse Wanda
Shu Q	Officer Chan
Shu Qi	Officer Chan
Nadia Ramdass	Nurse
Michelle Persiano	Nurse
Meghan Brown Pratt	10 Year Old Rose
Brandon Brigman	Security Guard
Joe Tornatore	Prison Guard
Cristobal deVeer	Composer

Technical Credits

Parker Finn

Parker Finn	Director,Screenwriter
Robert Salerno	Executive Producer
Marty Bowen	Producer
Wyck Godfrey	Producer
Isaac Klausner	Producer
Dan Kenyon	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Sosie Bacon, daughter of Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgewick, finally gets her own star turn as Rose in the horror film Smile, written and directed by Parker Finn in his first full-length feature film. Rose is a psychiatrist who witnessed her parent's murder and is now entrenched in her own sorrow as she empathetically explores the depths of pain and agony of her patients. She is the therapist to a traumatized patient Laura (Caitlin Stasey), who divulges that she is being stalked and tormented by a shapeshifter. Rose attempts to console her but is soon taken down a twisted path that leads her to find anyone who has the same shared experience. This is a film for any horror junkie. It takes the path of such greats as It Follows and The Ring. The audience is treated with respect, almost as if the writer knows that they know what will happen to the characters, so Finn considerately lets everyone in on the joke. There is a pet in the horror movie (so we know what's going to happen.), there are plenty of effective jump scares, and the color pallet is one that disturbs. If some ways, the filmmakers have put the audience in a mental hospital. With so many movies that rely on special effects, almost all of the effects in Smile are practical. The actors create those frightening smiles using their own facial muscles. It's scary and proves that there is something frightful about using one's body to create a nightmare. The camera angles create a world of panic, so the audience feels the stress of each character and the creators of this film have effectively created a 116-minute panic attack. What is extremely effective, especially for a 2022 audience, is that this movie is not just about blood and guts. It touches on actual themes of mental illness, stability, and loss. We understand more about ourselves and the masks we put on daily after seeing the film. The audience that I shared the theater with actually talked about the movie, not just the gross-out factor. That is what makes this script an excellent addition to the horror canon and one that will take its rightful place as a memorable film in the 21st century. For those who can see in the movie theater, the smiles that light up the screen may have them awake at three in the morning and distracted the next day.