@@Caseoh_Music I mean in general this year the horror movies have been exceeding expectations. TBH I personally wouldn't include the new scream in it but imo, the horror movies this year I can remember post- Scream were pretty good to me. Like Barbarian, X, Pearl, Orphan First Kill (this one really went above and beyond to change expectations since it was a prequel where we all knew how it was going to end) were pretty good as far as the typical horror movies go....I mean better than damn Halloween "Evil Dies ToNigHT" from last year anyways.
I Love how the demon felt so utterly oppressive even for the viewer. You never knew if a moment was real or not and you could always expect things to go wrong. There was no way to outsmart the entity the entire time.
I loved it because right at the moment I came to the conclusion of what she should actually do, she came to the same conclusion in the movie! It was an actual smart decision from a main character for once.
It was very predictable when it was not an illusion imo, only the therapist illusion tricked me, and that's cause I pretty much forgot it could do that, but the execution of the therapist smiling killed the scare factor anyway.
The jumpscares were honestly one of my favorite parts of the movie, it actually caught me off guard and the audio engineering was extremely impressive.
Imagine not believing in any paranormal stuff and then being actually confronted and hunted by one. The shock and panic would be so massive that I think it's quite understandable how she reacts to other people not buying into her being cursed.
I honestly thought the same thing. Her being a mental health professional and listening to everyone's story's and experiences and her telling them what they are feeling and seeing are not real (until the one time when it was). And then her trying to explain her experiences to another mental health professionals and her therapist disregards her almost immediately and suggest that maybe it's a past trauma they have talked about before that she didn't even mention during her session. For me, it was a moment. Regardless if it's in the person's head or not it's really happening to them and that's how it feels. Take them seriously. Listen, and to them and try to understand where they might be coming from. Instead people just offer the generic response treatment of "it's on in your head, it's not real, just smile, and think happy thoughts." Imo
You still would be smart enough to make sure that you do not look like someone who has gone insane. Present the evidence first then make assumptions, not just scream I am cursed belive me. That part was really dumb
@@szilagyimiklos4757 My theory is that the Entity (which is already established to be capable of manipulating your perception of reality) also reduces your critical thinking skills and makes you literally incapable of talking to people properly. Remember that the girl who passed it on to her was also going "I'm not crazy I'M A PHD CANDIDATE!" The one before her was a literal professor and also presumably well educated. You would assume that all these people are normally eloquent and could come up with some bullshit scientific excuse like "it might be some weird bloodborne parasite or mutated rabies thing".
By the time the credits rolled, there was a genuine sigh of relief in the theater I was in. I feel like a lot of people didn’t expect it to be as good as it was. Also even the credit music was so creepy people were rushing to get out of the theater
so true, i was on the edge on my seat everytime something about to happen, nothing happens then they jumpscares when u just didnt expect it. It knows how to make the audience scared, tho the story is kinda basic.
Watched it almost by myself. I WAS alone, but then 2 people walked in right before the start and sat about 7-10 rows behind me. When I got up to leave the theater, I didn’t dare look at them out of fear of seeing them smiling lol
Well i hope Smile was about mental disorder… hopefully the movies are more about anxiety etc. It would be fun to see what those ppl see besides making them look like murders
The jumpscare with Rose's sister at the car window was something I didn't see in the trailers, and instead saw for the first time watching it in theaters. Same with the other jumpscares, I had barely seen anything from any of the trailers. So when the scene came up in theaters, I was expecting a jumpscare, because it didn't make much sense for her sister to walk back out, but the head twist thing absolutely caught me off guard. Definitely one of the best jumpscares I've seen in a movie.
It didn't scare me at all specially after it being shoved jn your face in every trailer making it "that one scene" that was featured in every commercial and lost all its horror from that
I think her visceral reactions was more of her trauma and panic about what's going on and it fit very well in terms of her character. Like, someone's trying to break into your house and kill you but no one believes you because "ghosts aren't real"
@@johannliebert2870 oh damn I didn’t think about that… it sucks cuz you can’t really blame the person who’s on the receiving end of the information “a entity is trying to kill me” because it’s just such an uncommon and seemingly unrealistic thing to hear… but it also sucks for the person going through it because they don’t know what to do and more than likely have no one to go to that can actually help them… tragic on both ends. For the doctor as well, watching what she had to watch when dealing with the college girl
@@StrafezLIVE In my opinion, the protagonist wasn't a good therapist for that reason. A good therapist would be like the older woman, her former therapist, who actually listens instead of going straight for the clinical explanation. You need to treat whatever they're afraid of as real, because it's real to them and it genuinely hurts them, mentally or not. I have experience with being treated both ways and the clinical/academic types are always terrible to work with, because all they care about is the diagnosis. No it wasn't her fault that people died, but I don't think she handled it in the best way. Then again, it goes in line with how most movies treat mental health conditions, so...
@@dyld921 that was literally the only case from what I was seeing that she didn’t do well with, doesn’t make her not a good therapist. You do realize the person was talking about being followed by a smiling ghost/entity? That doesn’t sound sane at all, and in the real non movie world, now that MC doctor handled it would be handled every time, if not worse. And the MC’s therapist I think would’ve done the same
That scene where rose is lying in her bed with the door open to a dark hallway really got my anxiety working overtime. The overall tension in the movie was fantastic 8.7/10
@@jhans22 I think the reason it’s not a 10/10 is because lots of the gags were reused, like how something happens and then she wakes up to find out the stuff that happened was ‘all in her imagination’. Like the multiple car scenes, and the hospital scene later in the movie. I also think the monster looked a little goofy when they showed it at the end.
@@tess.5632 I thought the re-use gradually built up the perception that she can no longer distinguish what is real or not. This amplified her insanity and torment caused by the entity, which was its goal. It loves trauma. If it wasnt used much, the ending would be more of a cheap gotcha trick that movies do for plot conveniences.
@@jhans22it’s one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen, why do you hold it in such high regard? What is your favourite movie currently so I can gather whether you are a valid critic?
BROOOO....THE SCORE, A+! It's rare when a movie can make me feel very unsettled. The tension from the plot along with the acting and attached score was masterful. There were certain scenes when the low rumble of bass had me looking around wondering if it was coming from the theater next to us. Also the ending credits score was the icing on the cake, it had me and my fam on edge.
This is one of the few horror movies I've seen in a while that just keeps ramping the tension up. Once the "entity" attaches to Rose in the beginning it never slows down and let's you let your guard down. The tension and dread is always prevalent. This movie was great.
It really was, I really enjoyed that it wasn't just complete jumpscarez but just seeing the woman in the background looking over her. I really want more of that in horror films.
That was one of my favourite parts about the movie. I think I was on edge for the entire movie aside from the one scene where Joel is searching police stuff. The movie conditions you to expect something in every single scene and shot, which is absolutely terrifying.
I haven’t seen it, but I read a review that said it’s main theme was mental health and being dismissed, so maybe her trying to explain the curse and getting angry was symbolic. It’s like someone either with delusions trying to explain what they think is happening, or someone with something like depression or anxiety trying to explain how things feel to them and being dismissed.
EXACTLY what I told my brother when we watched it together! I told him “it’s like when you tell someone about your trauma and they react thinking it’s impossible to feel such things, no hate to them, they just don’t understand it bc they’ve never been trough it so it doesn’t fit in their head how that is very much a reality for you” I think the only way the director could convey that was through having rose try to explain an “entity” I think the entire point of the “entity” in the movie was to symbolize her trauma, this was never a paranormal movie
damn it you got my attention, now i have to watch it. i'm going through that exact situation right now (again, woo! 😒🎉) so it'd be nice to see that put into a movie, even if only metaphorically
Every time it showed the main character look away from somebody and look back at them I was anticipating them to be creepily smiling. This movie keeps tension the ENTIRE time and it was actually quite good. Also they somehow used the audio to make us feel the same as the main character, like in the cat scene it made you also feel the "oh shit" feeling.
It was definitely the constant tension for me. I found my heart beating even in the simplest of scenes and felt myself becoming more and more paranoid. Never have I felt so tense for the entirety of a movie
I think the part about her getting mad when others don’t believe her is meant to show how much of a toll this whole thing was taking on her mental health. I actually thought they did a good job of progressively making Rose go more and more crazy as the movie went along. Because when she first starts seeing signs of it, she is still goes about it in a rational way. But the longer she has the curse, the more desperate she is to get rid of it, therefore making her more defensive when the people she trusts just assume she’s going crazy. I mean, just imagine that you’re literally being tormented by an evil entity to the point where you are physically harming yourself and the people closest to you just write it off as “This b*tch is crazy. Get away from me”
I mean understood it at first but later after she got the police files she literally had the evidence to at least prove that something isn't right and she isn't completely crazy. And she had multiple chances to present it to her fiancé, her sister, her boss and so on. She worked at a mental health clinic so she could have gotten some help, they would have put her under constant surveillance and tied her down so she couldn't injure herself until they find a cure. There is no deeper meaning behind it. Its just that the movie wouldn't work if everyone believed her.
If you watch the whole movie as a metaphor for mental illness (trauma and depression), then it makes sense. The entity is the mental illness. The way it jumps to the next person is a metaphor for trauma - traumatized people will traumatize others (hurt people hurt people...). And the way she gets upset about not being believed - it's when a person finally, when they can't take it anymore, reaches out to someone about their mental health as a cry for help, but only gets "it's not that bad, don't be dramatic, you just want attention, etc" as reply...
Man, the hidden scene after the credits where Charlie slowly turns to the camera with a big smile on his face and say : "It's smilin time" was such a gem, almost better than his acting in Hunger Games.
I’ve seen a lot of terrible horror movies released over the years, and I honestly think Smile is truly different. I love the character development especially. A wonderful movie, in my opinion.
A few times it was hard to not feel the mental break she was going through with not being able to keep her sanity and knowing she’s slowly arriving to the same place as the girl who was her patient. It really felt terrifying.
Only Front Row Viewers: The audio at one part was so insane, it drove my anxiety to real levels, there's only 5 ppl in this theater, and it suddenly sounded like a crowd was forming, inside the theater, and people were everywhere behind me. The audio for the movie is on another level. I think it's a different experience where you sit. I didn't get that feeling from the chanting, I assure you I wasn't doing it.
@@Candy-md1uk dude i know. i've seen alot of horror movies in theaters. I normally don't enjoy them as horror, but as comedy. I don't normally come out feeling disturbed....I did coming out of this one. Well done. a horror movie where I came out feeling horrified. That's awesome.
I literally just finished it a few hrs ago and I'm so thankful I never saw trailers cause damn Smile was a true relief I felt after seeing a horror flick. After almost a decade of mostly generic horror tropes and cliches, with underdeveloped narratives' Smile honestly something that felt similar but fresh for a horror film and had the checks of a great film. The performances, visuals, score, and writing is solid.
I think the inverted shots are cool in this movie because of the phrase, "turn that frown upside down." If it was used sparingly in the most weighted parts it would have been more impactful.
My friends and I were thinking if the first "ending" happened, they could still have the horror ending by having the nephew inherit the curse through *his* trauma
@@HappyHeretic4 Maybe but if it ended well it would've been another horror that human can beat... The way it ended it made sense... The whole movie is a metaphor about the battle some people have with their inner demons and not all of them are able to beat them... That's how I saw it
I was very caught off guard from certain parts of it. Going into it, I was like “ehh okay” but throughout the film I was genuinely on the edge of my seat
There was another weird, frustrating scene where it was obvious that the main character was having some sort of episode and instead of helping or trying to calm her down, everyone just stood there.
As someone who has been unfortunate enough to have a mental health episode in front of people who’ve known me for years, it’s an unfortunate reality. People can know you have these issues and think they’ll be able to deal with them but they have no idea what it actually looks like, and people you’d thought would be your biggest advocates just sit and stare and let you run out like everyone else. That party scene had me dissociating, the way everyone sat back and didn’t help was an attempt to let others who don’t deal with these issues get a taste of what it feels like. Seriously loved the metaphor in this movie, very validating.
It makes sense that she freaks out when no one believes her since it paralleled her interaction with the first patient where rose doesn’t believe her and the patient says some of the exact same things rose would say later
What I love about this movie is the way it subverts expectations. There are scenes where I genuinely thought there would be a jumpscares(ex. Rose grabbing the wine bottle, and me thinking there would be something when she closes the fridge's door but there isn't). There would even be entire sections of the movie that turn out to be not real that make for some really good scares. The one where Rose drives to her ex's place and it turns out she didn't even leave the abandoned house and the scene where she was talking with her therapist but it turn out she was calling Rose on her home phone the whole time. There's so many twists and turns to the point where some are expected when you watch the trailer, others are just pure mind fucks that left me on edge and thankful that the movie ended.
this movie insanely surprised me on the actual horror aspect. theres so many openings to jumpscare tropes that aren't delivered on and left open that when they do jump scares they almost always land and are pretty well done. but as a huge horror movie buff this movie had one or two scenes that got me better than any movie has in a long time. that therapist scene feels like I should of seen it coming a mile away but holy shit I was sinking to the back of my seat. the end scene was pretty good to but the tension ramping so fast on the therapist scene omg so well done.
When Charlie gives something an 80% considering over the years the meter has definitely upped its standards I'd say, I believe this is bound to be a interesting film and I've gotta check it out. Thanks man for your content and wish you the best in all your endeavors dude
The real monster of this movie is who decided to put the most anxiety inducing sound effects over the end credits. As a cinema worker who has to clean theaters when the movie ends, having to clean up after sloppy adults to the sounds of hell gives me an anxiety attack every single time. I don’t even get anxiety that easily but it’s so stupid that the end credits have to fill me with an urge to rip out my eardrums while I’m trying to do my job. Nobody stays for the end credits anyway just put some normal ass horror music over it for the love of god, because nobody at my theater wants to have to clean after Smile😭🤣
I really hope now that this has been a success that the studio gives the director a blank check to do something much weirder and more original. I saw flashes that felt like he wanted to go more in that direction but obviously this was a more conventional story.
Saw it on Saturday, gotta give it a strong 7.5/10. I'll praise the soundtrack, the very few jump scares they used, and the fact they tried to make it more psychological based. But, by the time the ending was close, the CGI stuff kinda made me go "Yeah, was good up until here."
This movie was AMAZING, dark asf and in my opinion had a lot to do with mental health and it’s long term effect on us if we don’t seek help. I was surprised on how good it was, I expected it to be kinda corny, but it was GENUINELY one of the best horror movies I’ve ever seen, definitely plan on watching it again!
I want to see it but I'm worried about it being triggering for mental illness/health reasons, do you think this should be a concern or did you get a good sense of suspension-of-reality while watching?
@@ktvghn the movie isn't really triggering , it's really not great at all. I'd just save your money. But that's just me , I really didn't like it but I wanted to. I don't feel like it plays too much on the mental health aspect , it's certainly a theme but they focus more on the actress losing her mind and the mystery of the entity more than anything.
@@ktvghn Vincent obviously didn’t watch the same movie I and others did lmao. If you actually watch the movie with an open mind, the movie deals strongly with mental health and how common it is to not receive help until it’s too late or way later on in your life. I myself struggle heavily with depression and anxiety and have for most of my life, so does my cousin we seen it with, and we both really enjoyed it. It’s a great movie, but everyone has their own triggers so if you don’t like seeing a couple instances of suicide, I wouldn’t watch it. One of the opening scenes without spoiling, was a very graphic suicide. It lasts about 20-30 seconds and if you want to turn away you can and then resume watching. I would 100% suggest seeing it, it’s a very good horror movie and has a very good/dark underlining message, and if you use your brain and have an open mind and you aren’t expecting a slasher movie like Scream (some people are for some reason?…) you will enjoy it. If you do go see it, comment back to me and lmk what you think, but yes it’s a great movie and I would suggest seeing it
@@ddt4048 nah. Not at all, great movie. If you didn’t like it, that’s fine lmao but it was a really good and well directed movie and the main actress carried tf outta the movie and the message was really good, as was the jump scares and the horror throughout
I liked how it did protray trauma and it did remind me a lot of my ptsd and what i go through. My friend felt the same she said its very validating. I think her being offended was not about the curse but everyone tells her crazy and how they acted towards her cuz i felt the same way after my trauma. The annoyance of her not being believed and her being scared and unsure of things reminded a lot of what i went through. For me it reminded me of how trauma affects us and how people see others with trauma
What are you talking about the cat died my guy so it was a curse or she actually was crazy so not relatable and I also have trauma like a lot of other people we are not a special unique snowflake but no that should not make you "crazy" (killing cat crazy)
Just came back from the cinema after watching this. scariest part for me was when rose's sister knocked on rose's car window then elongated her neck and her head just slides upside down next to the window. surprisingly a terrifyingly well done movie, unlike what I expected. truly a masterpiece of the horror genre.
I wpuldnt say its a masterpiece. But its very good. And yes, compaired to whats been coming out lately, it might as well ne a masterpieve, even if its not all in all
@@tobithirteen7307 It caught me entirely off guard, but the one that fucked me up was when she was listening to the audio tapes and it pushed her out of the chair. Everyone in the theater screamed and it was a great experience
The concept of creepy smiles being scary is what surprised me about how good this movie is. It looks like it’s gonna suck but you get in there and it immediately hooks you with disturbing visuals. 100% worth seeing
If you're looking for good modern horror, gotta recommend Barbarian. I went in totally blind and was blown away, very unique horror movie that was effectively scary but also very, very funny in a way that fit within the world. Would love to see it on the moist meter to spread word of how great it is
Just like how you can't judge a book by its cover, I guess you can't judge a movie by its trailer. Sosie Bacon carried the movie with her level of performance.
How you gonna have nearly 1000 comments on just this channel alone. Probably thousands of hours worth of watch time. You’re definitely nosferatu. Daylight ain’t ever touched your skin for sure
It was way more intense then I thought it was going to be and by the last 10 mins my heart was pounding I was genuinely scared with what was going to happen next. If Parker Finn ever makes another full length horror film, I’m definitely watching.
i watched it with my friends in theaters and it was fun-bad to us, but if i watched it alone i’d actually be scared. i walked out of theater laughing w tears in my eyes
I'm genuinely surprised I _might_ enjoy this movie whenever I get a chance to see it. The trailer looked absolutely hilarious, and it couldn't have de-hyped the movie any further.
Honestly for me, seeing the trailer made the whole movie so much more intense. Because the trailer showed a lot of the big scares, the scenes that led up to the felt SO much more tense. The movie is also full of jump scares with no warning at all so you end up being on edge for the entire scene leading up to the scares you’ve seen in the trailer.
I can usually predict jump scares... but the one where Rose is listening to the audio on her computer and then the entity just yells ROSE! in her ear actually made me audibly gasp in the theater... holy shit that was a good one
I enjoyed the movie. I think it’s a metaphor for trauma and how we all experience it and struggle to cope. Especially those with mental health conditions that feel neglected. Each person’s trauma is their own, in a way no other person can truly understand what they are going through. Similar to how the main character didn’t believe her patient at first, and how she herself felt dismissed about her hallucinations later on. I think another theme was that trauma spreads. The more we give ourselves to others the more we can end up hurt and traumatized ourselves. We inherit each other’s pain. It’s up to us to respond with kindness and empathy to those who are traumatized, and in that regard, I wish the movie had a different ending. I wish she confronted the evil being at the end with love, rather than animosity, for it feeds off trauma and pain. Without that source of pain it would simply cease to exist. And acceptance of that trauma and dealing with those emotions head on is the way to overcome some of that pain, and at least, learn to live with it. Then again it could be a social commentary that we, as human beings, should be closer to one another and never dismiss one another’s pain and/or suffering as hers was dismissed. Either way, I think there is a lot more to this movie than at first glance.
I think Rose's reactions were pretty realistic actually. She was going through sudden trauma and mental problems from Laura, and then with the curse she became paranoid. Eventually she just wanted someone to believe her, and she'd do anything. Her getting mad at her fiance is because she's already pissed at her therapist for rejecting helping her when she asked, and when she asked her fiance to believe her he refused. These two things combined with just finding them talking in her home would piss anyone stressed like she is, off. Her husband, who didn't want to talk about it with her, instead wants to talk about her behind her back to her therapist who has seen the worst parts of her and knows so intimately the things that scare her the most that SHOULD be confidential. It's a breech of trust. He's getting rumours of her behind her back instead of talking to her because he's a coward, and doesn't care to hear it from her own mouth. I would have called it off.
I just saw it last night and man, this movie is great. I didn't expect it to spook me as much as it did, but wow, I went to bed genuinely freaked out. As you say don't trust the trailer because it really didn't sell this movie. But it is 100% worth watching, one of my favorite horror movies I think since Hereditary.
I've seen a couple good horror movies this year. 'The Black Phone' was actually great, aside from what the goofy title would have you believe. I saw 'Pearl' Thursday night, and that one was awesome! Super wacko crazy and uncomfortable in a few parts, but I'd recommend it.
@@TheloniousDrake7 I haven't seen 'X' yet, but I really need to now. I walked into 'Pearl' blindly, not knowing what to expect at all. Boy was I surprised. 🤣
@@Justis_321 It was a perfect movie to see with friends, come on. The kids sister was hilarious, and a badass. She fought for her brother, and called the homicide detective a frickin fart knocker. 🤣 We all burst out laughing more than a few times. It was also awesome when the guy got axed in the end. 🪓 (SPOILERS)
I was shocked to see this movie actually was good with a decent storyline. Most horror films just throw away the plot and focus on the jumpscares but with Smile, there is just enough plot armor to say that it is worth the watch. There was alot of jumpscares, however not all of them were expected. Not giving any spoilers but lets just say Mustache was pretty unexpected and I mainly just forgot about them and didnt see it coming.
the jump scares were actually the most refreshing part for me, most weren’t blatantly obviously approaching and a few actually got me pretty good. the movie itself reminds me a bit of Drag me to Hell, the whole curse thing and the imaginary scenarios rose has throughout, followed by snapping to reality. Overall it was pretty good!
THANK YOU so much for mentioning the damn camera angles! I've watched a couple other reviews on this movie, and no one mentioned it. It was killing me!
Black Phone was pretty good but nothing to write home about. Main character was great but his sister was so useless throughout the entire film. It makes sense I guess since she's a kid.
spoilers ahead, but the party scene in this movie is genuinely one of the most clever and terrifying things ive seen in a horror film in a long time. by that time you basically fully forget about the cat and the reveal is so perfectly building tension. in the theater even i knew that there wouldnt be a monorail in the box but i could never have predicted the cat. genius.
I laughed my ass off at that scene for some reason. It was like she reached max level in "how to ruin your life in the shortest amount of time possible". Also the later scene where the kid watched her freak out in the car made me burst out laughing so hard I had to pause the movie for a whole minute
@@Supersnillet93 same bro shit had ne dying when she got scared and she was pissed off. Same with the therapist when it was the monster instead her smile and then the deep laugh had my crying.
@@BretMFNTaylor yeah and that cut was so weird now when I think about it. Like what happened? Did the demon just scare her a little and then scatter off. I'm nitpicking I guess I did enjoy the movie but boy can horror movies have some dumb scenes
You should also watch barbarian if you haven't seen that movie yet. I watched it because Charlie said on his stream that it was a good horror movie out now and it was the best I've seen in a while.
Really good film with only a couple nitpicks/minor flaws. Could have been REALLY bad, but it worked. I loved Sosie Bacon’s performance and I wanna see her in more films.
People ignored great horror films that have come out the past few months (X, Pearl, Barbarian, Fall, ect) and saw this instead. Really well done horror movies are out, people just don’t bother seeing them
Watched this in theaters in last night. I was very pleasantly surprised. It made me pretty uncomfortable. It was nice to see a horror movie that wasn’t goofy bad or laughable.
The WAY the jump scares come at you is what made it fresh! I avoided the trailer and I’m so glad I did because it made all the horror feel so unexpected
Caught the movie at the last showing during the day of release after a late night of exhausting day at work, and Im glad I did because it was a really fun horror movie. I was smiling myself because good horror movies are rare and the directors put in a lot of creepy scares like the whispering from the bathroom or when it showed her previously known to be dead patient smiling across the hallway in her house in a dark corner. Really good stuff, I think they ended it well too even though I called it from the start.
Apart from the ending which was very, very foreseeable, this movie was suprisingly good. Also loved the character design of the "monster" in the burning house scene, genuinely unsettling.
You hit the nail on the head with the trailer looking stinky. I've seen the trailer on RUclips ads so many times that it stopped letting me skip after I skipped so many times. They kind of just threw it at me to the point where I went from "maybe I'll see this with a few of my friends when they're drunk and I'm their DD" to "I hope I never see anything about this movie ever again holy shit stop annoying me." Every single video gave me the trailer. But yeah. I'm glad to hear that it's actually a good movie. I may actually see it.
The part that made me feel the weirdest was the sister jump scare when she stumble runs out of the house and her head just dropped down, was scary as shit cause I didn’t expect it
I was also very pleasantly surprised by Smile. It definitely had some goofy moments in there for me but overall, one of the best, freshest horror movies I've seen in a while, which is ironic because it had the most absolutely generic horror plot. But you're right, it was the execution. The score was crazy good (I actually didn't have complaints like you did about it) with one of my favorite scenes being with the first smile victim and the music during her final moments. Sosie Bacon absolutely killed it, but I'm 50/50 about the ending. There was a really good message there about facing and addressing your trauma instead of running from it, but in the end it didn't even matter. And then like the most unproblematic male character in the movie gets fucked next. It was depressing but I mean, I guess that's horror for you. I definitely would have liked to have seen a happier ending, at least for Rose's character.
I’ve actually never found a scary smile actually “scary” in anything. But the actors in this movie did such a good job, the smiles were actually unsettling
So I work at a movie theater and the music for the credits is the music that Charlie is talking about and it indeed feels really goofy to clean a theater while it's happening.
"It wasn't as stupid as I thought it was going to be."
High praise.
that's an honour
I agree
well... with the way movies that last few of years of movies have been... (especially horror movies) that actually is high praise lmfao
its tru tho
@@Caseoh_Music I mean in general this year the horror movies have been exceeding expectations. TBH I personally wouldn't include the new scream in it but imo, the horror movies this year I can remember post- Scream were pretty good to me. Like Barbarian, X, Pearl, Orphan First Kill (this one really went above and beyond to change expectations since it was a prequel where we all knew how it was going to end) were pretty good as far as the typical horror movies go....I mean better than damn Halloween "Evil Dies ToNigHT" from last year anyways.
I Love how the demon felt so utterly oppressive even for the viewer. You never knew if a moment was real or not and you could always expect things to go wrong. There was no way to outsmart the entity the entire time.
I started to feel crazy watching cause I would forget that this scene could just be apart of her imagination but I never once caught on
I loved it because right at the moment I came to the conclusion of what she should actually do, she came to the same conclusion in the movie! It was an actual smart decision from a main character for once.
Nigga said utterly 😂
@@woovelli lmfao
It was very predictable when it was not an illusion imo, only the therapist illusion tricked me, and that's cause I pretty much forgot it could do that, but the execution of the therapist smiling killed the scare factor anyway.
The jumpscares were honestly one of my favorite parts of the movie, it actually caught me off guard and the audio engineering was extremely impressive.
Not to mention the fucking monster at the end taking over her was TRUELY, an unexpected monster I was NOT ready to see that 😭
when she opened the cat food I almost pissed myself.
@@pshceluver2899 bru ong i was like wtf movie am i watching
@@Piix4r dawg, what about when the kid opened his gift and it was the fuckin dead ass cat
@@pshceluver2899 the mind fuck at the end with the battle with the monster actually had me on the edge of my seat
Imagine not believing in any paranormal stuff and then being actually confronted and hunted by one. The shock and panic would be so massive that I think it's quite understandable how she reacts to other people not buying into her being cursed.
I honestly thought the same thing. Her being a mental health professional and listening to everyone's story's and experiences and her telling them what they are feeling and seeing are not real (until the one time when it was). And then her trying to explain her experiences to another mental health professionals and her therapist disregards her almost immediately and suggest that maybe it's a past trauma they have talked about before that she didn't even mention during her session.
For me, it was a moment. Regardless if it's in the person's head or not it's really happening to them and that's how it feels. Take them seriously. Listen, and to them and try to understand where they might be coming from. Instead people just offer the generic response treatment of "it's on in your head, it's not real, just smile, and think happy thoughts." Imo
You still would be smart enough to make sure that you do not look like someone who has gone insane. Present the evidence first then make assumptions, not just scream I am cursed belive me. That part was really dumb
@@szilagyimiklos4757 My theory is that the Entity (which is already established to be capable of manipulating your perception of reality) also reduces your critical thinking skills and makes you literally incapable of talking to people properly. Remember that the girl who passed it on to her was also going "I'm not crazy I'M A PHD CANDIDATE!" The one before her was a literal professor and also presumably well educated. You would assume that all these people are normally eloquent and could come up with some bullshit scientific excuse like "it might be some weird bloodborne parasite or mutated rabies thing".
Wait until you have to run for your life, see if you can make “smart” decisions then.
@@szilagyimiklos4757 she tried. And her therapist even said she didnt look like someone who had gone insane.
By the time the credits rolled, there was a genuine sigh of relief in the theater I was in. I feel like a lot of people didn’t expect it to be as good as it was. Also even the credit music was so creepy people were rushing to get out of the theater
so true, i was on the edge on my seat everytime something about to happen, nothing happens then they jumpscares when u just didnt expect it. It knows how to make the audience scared, tho the story is kinda basic.
The credit music jumpscared me multiple times
same that credit music was the scariest jump scare, i’m still shaking 2 days later
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the whl theatre was groaning about how bad it was idk wht
When I watched the movie, I was left in awe in the fact that the A-train was in the movie. Seriously won my love for Smile!
Well you can't stop the a-train
Wait what n
I thought I recognized the A-Train
When I saw him I literally said can't stop the a train
@@jameer7565 not to mention he said the speed quote
Watched it in an empty theatre, anxiety is a word
hug😔
SAME! I was completely exhausted by the end of it 😂😂
Watched it almost by myself. I WAS alone, but then 2 people walked in right before the start and sat about 7-10 rows behind me. When I got up to leave the theater, I didn’t dare look at them out of fear of seeing them smiling lol
@@TheLifeofJay1 Should've slowly stood up and then turned around smiling at them.
@@RatGod01 dude, missed opportunity for sure🤦♂️
The trailers made it seem like one of those blumhouse mass produced bad movies but this one was actually surprisingly good
It's good that they did that tho so it could be a surprise for when you actually watch it
I thought it be bad like Truth or Dare. I remember people smiling in that like in this movie
I was expecting to see Bye Bye Man quality lmfao
The trailer does indeed make this film look shit. And I'm also sick of seeing it everywhere.
I deadass thought it was gonna be like truth or dare 😭
I work at a theater and it is rare that stuff stands out between horror movies. The audio design in Smile is actually kinda cool and unique.
Well i hope Smile was about mental disorder… hopefully the movies are more about anxiety etc. It would be fun to see what those ppl see besides making them look like murders
The jumpscare with Rose's sister at the car window was something I didn't see in the trailers, and instead saw for the first time watching it in theaters. Same with the other jumpscares, I had barely seen anything from any of the trailers. So when the scene came up in theaters, I was expecting a jumpscare, because it didn't make much sense for her sister to walk back out, but the head twist thing absolutely caught me off guard. Definitely one of the best jumpscares I've seen in a movie.
yeah exactly you could see the jumpscares coming from miles away but they still caught you so well
It was so stupid lmao
@@opal9583 ikr!? I laughed so hard!!!
It didn't scare me at all specially after it being shoved jn your face in every trailer making it "that one scene" that was featured in every commercial and lost all its horror from that
@xryrax fanboy triggered
My favorite part was the car scene where she said “It’s not about the miles, it’s about the smiles.”
Lol
That's a damn good slogan 😂
We loved when she said "it's smilin time" and smiled all over
I liked this comment for you. Youre welcome
"Not about the miles per gallon, it's the smiles per gallon"
Then they drove away into the sunset in thier hellcat
I think her visceral reactions was more of her trauma and panic about what's going on and it fit very well in terms of her character. Like, someone's trying to break into your house and kill you but no one believes you because "ghosts aren't real"
Yeah, that and likely being a parallel to how she treated her patient who initially passed the curse onto her.
@@johannliebert2870 oh damn I didn’t think about that… it sucks cuz you can’t really blame the person who’s on the receiving end of the information “a entity is trying to kill me” because it’s just such an uncommon and seemingly unrealistic thing to hear… but it also sucks for the person going through it because they don’t know what to do and more than likely have no one to go to that can actually help them… tragic on both ends. For the doctor as well, watching what she had to watch when dealing with the college girl
@@StrafezLIVE hit the nail on the head
@@StrafezLIVE In my opinion, the protagonist wasn't a good therapist for that reason. A good therapist would be like the older woman, her former therapist, who actually listens instead of going straight for the clinical explanation. You need to treat whatever they're afraid of as real, because it's real to them and it genuinely hurts them, mentally or not. I have experience with being treated both ways and the clinical/academic types are always terrible to work with, because all they care about is the diagnosis.
No it wasn't her fault that people died, but I don't think she handled it in the best way.
Then again, it goes in line with how most movies treat mental health conditions, so...
@@dyld921 that was literally the only case from what I was seeing that she didn’t do well with, doesn’t make her not a good therapist. You do realize the person was talking about being followed by a smiling ghost/entity? That doesn’t sound sane at all, and in the real non movie world, now that MC doctor handled it would be handled every time, if not worse. And the MC’s therapist I think would’ve done the same
That scene where rose is lying in her bed with the door open to a dark hallway really got my anxiety working overtime. The overall tension in the movie was fantastic 8.7/10
where does it lose points? I cant think of other scary movies where its executed better
@@jhans22 I think the reason it’s not a 10/10 is because lots of the gags were reused, like how something happens and then she wakes up to find out the stuff that happened was ‘all in her imagination’. Like the multiple car scenes, and the hospital scene later in the movie. I also think the monster looked a little goofy when they showed it at the end.
@@tess.5632 I thought the re-use gradually built up the perception that she can no longer distinguish what is real or not. This amplified her insanity and torment caused by the entity, which was its goal. It loves trauma. If it wasnt used much, the ending would be more of a cheap gotcha trick that movies do for plot conveniences.
@@jhans22it’s one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen, why do you hold it in such high regard? What is your favourite movie currently so I can gather whether you are a valid critic?
@@sonnybrunelli1527 Sharknado 3
Dude i thought it was going to be ridiculous. I actually had chills at certain points in the film
The birthday party scene was especially unnerving. I felt so bad for her
@@balladofthebroken7569 that scene was hilarious
PUSSY movie was ass
@@icet6373 you sound like you're fun at parties.
@@nostyjay5966 LMAO UR MAD !!!!!! 😂😂😂
BROOOO....THE SCORE, A+! It's rare when a movie can make me feel very unsettled. The tension from the plot along with the acting and attached score was masterful. There were certain scenes when the low rumble of bass had me looking around wondering if it was coming from the theater next to us. Also the ending credits score was the icing on the cake, it had me and my fam on edge.
Cristobal tapia de veer is such a good composer, I love everything he does, I was surprised he composed for this
@@brandongomez3876 Utopia soundtrack bangs
After how many horribly bad horror movies have released over the past few years, Smile is actually a breath of fresh air
@ٴ no it’s not
if you actually want a breath of fresh air, watch Pearl by Ti West
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Barbarian, pearl and X are some really good horror movies this year.
Have you not seen any horror films this year? It's been fucking great
This is one of the few horror movies I've seen in a while that just keeps ramping the tension up. Once the "entity" attaches to Rose in the beginning it never slows down and let's you let your guard down. The tension and dread is always prevalent. This movie was great.
Was it Dream?
Im better
It really was, I really enjoyed that it wasn't just complete jumpscarez but just seeing the woman in the background looking over her. I really want more of that in horror films.
That was one of my favourite parts about the movie. I think I was on edge for the entire movie aside from the one scene where Joel is searching police stuff. The movie conditions you to expect something in every single scene and shot, which is absolutely terrifying.
@@Liam-fd4uh Oh yeah, everytime someone’s face went out of focus I expected it to show up
I haven’t seen it, but I read a review that said it’s main theme was mental health and being dismissed, so maybe her trying to explain the curse and getting angry was symbolic. It’s like someone either with delusions trying to explain what they think is happening, or someone with something like depression or anxiety trying to explain how things feel to them and being dismissed.
EXACTLY what I told my brother when we watched it together! I told him “it’s like when you tell someone about your trauma and they react thinking it’s impossible to feel such things, no hate to them, they just don’t understand it bc they’ve never been trough it so it doesn’t fit in their head how that is very much a reality for you” I think the only way the director could convey that was through having rose try to explain an “entity” I think the entire point of the “entity” in the movie was to symbolize her trauma, this was never a paranormal movie
@@doramaar6186 for people with anxiety this movie was 10x more scary lol
@@doramaar6186 this is what i thought… it can be a phobia, mental disorder, or just paranormal
damn it you got my attention, now i have to watch it. i'm going through that exact situation right now (again, woo! 😒🎉) so it'd be nice to see that put into a movie, even if only metaphorically
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Every time it showed the main character look away from somebody and look back at them I was anticipating them to be creepily smiling. This movie keeps tension the ENTIRE time and it was actually quite good. Also they somehow used the audio to make us feel the same as the main character, like in the cat scene it made you also feel the "oh shit" feeling.
It was definitely the constant tension for me. I found my heart beating even in the simplest of scenes and felt myself becoming more and more paranoid. Never have I felt so tense for the entirety of a movie
@@breelynn2797 definitely
I think the part about her getting mad when others don’t believe her is meant to show how much of a toll this whole thing was taking on her mental health. I actually thought they did a good job of progressively making Rose go more and more crazy as the movie went along. Because when she first starts seeing signs of it, she is still goes about it in a rational way. But the longer she has the curse, the more desperate she is to get rid of it, therefore making her more defensive when the people she trusts just assume she’s going crazy. I mean, just imagine that you’re literally being tormented by an evil entity to the point where you are physically harming yourself and the people closest to you just write it off as “This b*tch is crazy. Get away from me”
That along with the fact that I don't believe she was very mentally resilient to being with. For obvious reasons.
I mean understood it at first but later after she got the police files she literally had the evidence to at least prove that something isn't right and she isn't completely crazy. And she had multiple chances to present it to her fiancé, her sister, her boss and so on. She worked at a mental health clinic so she could have gotten some help, they would have put her under constant surveillance and tied her down so she couldn't injure herself until they find a cure. There is no deeper meaning behind it. Its just that the movie wouldn't work if everyone believed her.
This movie is like Unsane mixed with Truth or Dare
If you watch the whole movie as a metaphor for mental illness (trauma and depression), then it makes sense. The entity is the mental illness. The way it jumps to the next person is a metaphor for trauma - traumatized people will traumatize others (hurt people hurt people...). And the way she gets upset about not being believed - it's when a person finally, when they can't take it anymore, reaches out to someone about their mental health as a cry for help, but only gets "it's not that bad, don't be dramatic, you just want attention, etc" as reply...
@@fabik805If they had put her under surveillance she could have just bitten her tongue. There was basically no way to beat the entity
Man, the hidden scene after the credits where Charlie slowly turns to the camera with a big smile on his face and say : "It's smilin time" was such a gem, almost better than his acting in Hunger Games.
I just watched it tonight and left the theatre early. Is there anywhere I could watch the after credits scene ?
@@mayita3716 💀💀💀
@@mayita3716 did you even read what he said?💀
@@Why_did_RUclips_add_handles nah 😭 I literally just saw “hidden scene” and commented
I’ve seen a lot of terrible horror movies released over the years, and I honestly think Smile is truly different. I love the character development especially. A wonderful movie, in my opinion.
My videos are better than charlie
If Charlie said the movie was bad you would’ve said the opposite
A few times it was hard to not feel the mental break she was going through with not being able to keep her sanity and knowing she’s slowly arriving to the same place as the girl who was her patient. It really felt terrifying.
@@Cuumerr Facts this movie was trash and people are saying its amazing. Not worth an 80 only a 20%
@@gigiearth well at least the character did pull her eyes out
Only Front Row Viewers:
The audio at one part was so insane, it drove my anxiety to real levels, there's only 5 ppl in this theater, and it suddenly sounded like a crowd was forming, inside the theater, and people were everywhere behind me.
The audio for the movie is on another level. I think it's a different experience where you sit. I didn't get that feeling from the chanting, I assure you I wasn't doing it.
The sound design is the best part of the film
@@Candy-md1uk dude i know. i've seen alot of horror movies in theaters. I normally don't enjoy them as horror, but as comedy. I don't normally come out feeling disturbed....I did coming out of this one. Well done. a horror movie where I came out feeling horrified. That's awesome.
I'm kind of starting to wonder why the police wouldn't notice a chain of literally 20 deaths
They didn't notice the millions from the vax
They forgor
or why joel just chilled with someone who could pass the monster off to him
@@bingusiswatching6335Joel didn’t believe her really at first
I literally just finished it a few hrs ago and I'm so thankful I never saw trailers cause damn Smile was a true relief I felt after seeing a horror flick. After almost a decade of mostly generic horror tropes and cliches, with underdeveloped narratives' Smile honestly something that felt similar but fresh for a horror film and had the checks of a great film. The performances, visuals, score, and writing is solid.
Huge huge reccomend Malignant if you haven't seen it yet
@@sadlittlecircus1808 i second this, malignant is amazing
There's been a few gems, they're just buried under debris they're hard to recall.
I think the inverted shots are cool in this movie because of the phrase, "turn that frown upside down." If it was used sparingly in the most weighted parts it would have been more impactful.
My thoughts exactly! The phrase is ironic 😊
Literally what i was thinking in the first seconds of the film
If the first “ending” was the true ending , I feel like this would’ve been my favorite horror movie I’ve seen. It was skin crawling
My friends and I were thinking if the first "ending" happened, they could still have the horror ending by having the nephew inherit the curse through *his* trauma
Oh is the first ending a Korea horror movie style ending?
Urgg no I'm glad it didnt end well because its so cliché nowadays...
@@rpgmatt7784 so many horror movies end with fake outs like that tho. It feels like it just ended like that to set up a sequel
@@HappyHeretic4 Maybe but if it ended well it would've been another horror that human can beat... The way it ended it made sense... The whole movie is a metaphor about the battle some people have with their inner demons and not all of them are able to beat them... That's how I saw it
I was very caught off guard from certain parts of it. Going into it, I was like “ehh okay” but throughout the film I was genuinely on the edge of my seat
There was another weird, frustrating scene where it was obvious that the main character was having some sort of episode and instead of helping or trying to calm her down, everyone just stood there.
I understand that too, but also it could just be from the shock of her breakdown
As someone who has been unfortunate enough to have a mental health episode in front of people who’ve known me for years, it’s an unfortunate reality. People can know you have these issues and think they’ll be able to deal with them but they have no idea what it actually looks like, and people you’d thought would be your biggest advocates just sit and stare and let you run out like everyone else. That party scene had me dissociating, the way everyone sat back and didn’t help was an attempt to let others who don’t deal with these issues get a taste of what it feels like. Seriously loved the metaphor in this movie, very validating.
It makes sense that she freaks out when no one believes her since it paralleled her interaction with the first patient where rose doesn’t believe her and the patient says some of the exact same things rose would say later
Watched this with my girl a few days ago, was fully expecting it to be awful. I'm not allowed to smile in the house anymore now great movie
Toni Collette deserved an Oscar for her role in Hereditary.
Big fax
honestly idk how she wasn't nominated
@@tovi3280 a24 didn't lobby hard enough
I'll put that on my tombstone 🪦
So true
Smile is the only horror/thriller I’ve been genuinely excited to see in years
there have been good ones though...
Watch barbarian bro trust
Please watch Malignant omg it's the perfect love letter to balls to the walls camp horror of the 80s
@@sadlittlecircus1808 malignant was CRAZYY 😨
Did you see The Invisible Man
What I love about this movie is the way it subverts expectations. There are scenes where I genuinely thought there would be a jumpscares(ex. Rose grabbing the wine bottle, and me thinking there would be something when she closes the fridge's door but there isn't). There would even be entire sections of the movie that turn out to be not real that make for some really good scares. The one where Rose drives to her ex's place and it turns out she didn't even leave the abandoned house and the scene where she was talking with her therapist but it turn out she was calling Rose on her home phone the whole time. There's so many twists and turns to the point where some are expected when you watch the trailer, others are just pure mind fucks that left me on edge and thankful that the movie ended.
this movie insanely surprised me on the actual horror aspect. theres so many openings to jumpscare tropes that aren't delivered on and left open that when they do jump scares they almost always land and are pretty well done. but as a huge horror movie buff this movie had one or two scenes that got me better than any movie has in a long time. that therapist scene feels like I should of seen it coming a mile away but holy shit I was sinking to the back of my seat. the end scene was pretty good to but the tension ramping so fast on the therapist scene omg so well done.
When Charlie gives something an 80% considering over the years the meter has definitely upped its standards I'd say, I believe this is bound to be a interesting film and I've gotta check it out. Thanks man for your content and wish you the best in all your endeavors dude
Anything Moist Meter approved is always worth checking out
The real monster of this movie is who decided to put the most anxiety inducing sound effects over the end credits. As a cinema worker who has to clean theaters when the movie ends, having to clean up after sloppy adults to the sounds of hell gives me an anxiety attack every single time. I don’t even get anxiety that easily but it’s so stupid that the end credits have to fill me with an urge to rip out my eardrums while I’m trying to do my job. Nobody stays for the end credits anyway just put some normal ass horror music over it for the love of god, because nobody at my theater wants to have to clean after Smile😭🤣
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I really hope now that this has been a success that the studio gives the director a blank check to do something much weirder and more original. I saw flashes that felt like he wanted to go more in that direction but obviously this was a more conventional story.
Hope so too! This was his full length directorial debut as well!
The movie in its first weekend made 22mil on a 17mil budget. Safe to say this movie will be a success
Saw it on Saturday, gotta give it a strong 7.5/10. I'll praise the soundtrack, the very few jump scares they used, and the fact they tried to make it more psychological based. But, by the time the ending was close, the CGI stuff kinda made me go "Yeah, was good up until here."
That one really cool shot of the creature when it was looking down at her was all practical though. I was shocked by that
I knew the film was going to pull the fake out ending when the cop went "I'll stay with you..." immediately I was like 'yup, false ending coming'
Love the hereditary mention. That movie was a masterpiece. I've watched it numerous times and still get scared TF out everytime.
This movie was AMAZING, dark asf and in my opinion had a lot to do with mental health and it’s long term effect on us if we don’t seek help. I was surprised on how good it was, I expected it to be kinda corny, but it was GENUINELY one of the best horror movies I’ve ever seen, definitely plan on watching it again!
I want to see it but I'm worried about it being triggering for mental illness/health reasons, do you think this should be a concern or did you get a good sense of suspension-of-reality while watching?
@@ktvghn the movie isn't really triggering , it's really not great at all. I'd just save your money. But that's just me , I really didn't like it but I wanted to. I don't feel like it plays too much on the mental health aspect , it's certainly a theme but they focus more on the actress losing her mind and the mystery of the entity more than anything.
Okay now you’re dragging it
@@ktvghn Vincent obviously didn’t watch the same movie I and others did lmao. If you actually watch the movie with an open mind, the movie deals strongly with mental health and how common it is to not receive help until it’s too late or way later on in your life. I myself struggle heavily with depression and anxiety and have for most of my life, so does my cousin we seen it with, and we both really enjoyed it. It’s a great movie, but everyone has their own triggers so if you don’t like seeing a couple instances of suicide, I wouldn’t watch it. One of the opening scenes without spoiling, was a very graphic suicide. It lasts about 20-30 seconds and if you want to turn away you can and then resume watching. I would 100% suggest seeing it, it’s a very good horror movie and has a very good/dark underlining message, and if you use your brain and have an open mind and you aren’t expecting a slasher movie like Scream (some people are for some reason?…) you will enjoy it. If you do go see it, comment back to me and lmk what you think, but yes it’s a great movie and I would suggest seeing it
@@ddt4048 nah. Not at all, great movie. If you didn’t like it, that’s fine lmao but it was a really good and well directed movie and the main actress carried tf outta the movie and the message was really good, as was the jump scares and the horror throughout
I liked how it did protray trauma and it did remind me a lot of my ptsd and what i go through. My friend felt the same she said its very validating. I think her being offended was not about the curse but everyone tells her crazy and how they acted towards her cuz i felt the same way after my trauma. The annoyance of her not being believed and her being scared and unsure of things reminded a lot of what i went through. For me it reminded me of how trauma affects us and how people see others with trauma
What are you talking about the cat died my guy so it was a curse or she actually was crazy so not relatable and I also have trauma like a lot of other people we are not a special unique snowflake but no that should not make you "crazy" (killing cat crazy)
@@icet6373 do you know what a metaphor is
@@hr8kpcreativeshovel849 boy you dumb they went for the metaphor but then said nah its a demon your weird
@@icet6373 po 9oo
Just came back from the cinema after watching this. scariest part for me was when rose's sister knocked on rose's car window then elongated her neck and her head just slides upside down next to the window. surprisingly a terrifyingly well done movie, unlike what I expected. truly a masterpiece of the horror genre.
YO JUST GOT HOME FROM WATCHING MY HEART STOPPED ON THIS PART😂😂
I wpuldnt say its a masterpiece.
But its very good.
And yes, compaired to whats been coming out lately, it might as well ne a masterpieve, even if its not all in all
I know some ppl probably didn’t see it, but imagine if they didn’t have that in the trailer. Catching ppl by total surprise
@@tobithirteen7307 It caught me entirely off guard, but the one that fucked me up was when she was listening to the audio tapes and it pushed her out of the chair. Everyone in the theater screamed and it was a great experience
@@tobithirteen7307 It caught my friends and I completely by surprise, hadn't seen any promotional material for the movie. Fucked us up 👍
The concept of creepy smiles being scary is what surprised me about how good this movie is. It looks like it’s gonna suck but you get in there and it immediately hooks you with disturbing visuals. 100% worth seeing
If you're looking for good modern horror, gotta recommend Barbarian. I went in totally blind and was blown away, very unique horror movie that was effectively scary but also very, very funny in a way that fit within the world. Would love to see it on the moist meter to spread word of how great it is
Just like how you can't judge a book by its cover, I guess you can't judge a movie by its trailer. Sosie Bacon carried the movie with her level of performance.
With all the comments you sit here writing, don't act like you actually left your room to go see it.
why do you comment on every video i watch
How you gonna have nearly 1000 comments on just this channel alone. Probably thousands of hours worth of watch time. You’re definitely nosferatu. Daylight ain’t ever touched your skin for sure
@@Valstrax420 saw this coming
mf you didn't even watch the movie did you?
the part where charlie said smile and proceed to do just that is a terrifying scene in a great horror movie I have never seen.
Cringe 12 year old
@YeaMan *page
It was way more intense then I thought it was going to be and by the last 10 mins my heart was pounding I was genuinely scared with what was going to happen next. If Parker Finn ever makes another full length horror film, I’m definitely watching.
The cinematography was a masterpiece, the face close up was scary af
Charlie throat singing is perhaps the best thing i have ever heard
i watched it with my friends in theaters and it was fun-bad to us, but if i watched it alone i’d actually be scared. i walked out of theater laughing w tears in my eyes
the actors are great but it just came off as so hilarious w friends
Lol every horror film eith friends will become a comedy
I'm genuinely surprised I _might_ enjoy this movie whenever I get a chance to see it. The trailer looked absolutely hilarious, and it couldn't have de-hyped the movie any further.
Honestly for me, seeing the trailer made the whole movie so much more intense. Because the trailer showed a lot of the big scares, the scenes that led up to the felt SO much more tense. The movie is also full of jump scares with no warning at all so you end up being on edge for the entire scene leading up to the scares you’ve seen in the trailer.
This is why I don't watch trailers lol. My favourite movies are the ones I never saw the trailer for
I can usually predict jump scares... but the one where Rose is listening to the audio on her computer and then the entity just yells ROSE! in her ear actually made me audibly gasp in the theater... holy shit that was a good one
I enjoyed the movie. I think it’s a metaphor for trauma and how we all experience it and struggle to cope. Especially those with mental health conditions that feel neglected. Each person’s trauma is their own, in a way no other person can truly understand what they are going through. Similar to how the main character didn’t believe her patient at first, and how she herself felt dismissed about her hallucinations later on.
I think another theme was that trauma spreads. The more we give ourselves to others the more we can end up hurt and traumatized ourselves. We inherit each other’s pain. It’s up to us to respond with kindness and empathy to those who are traumatized, and in that regard, I wish the movie had a different ending.
I wish she confronted the evil being at the end with love, rather than animosity, for it feeds off trauma and pain. Without that source of pain it would simply cease to exist. And acceptance of that trauma and dealing with those emotions head on is the way to overcome some of that pain, and at least, learn to live with it.
Then again it could be a social commentary that we, as human beings, should be closer to one another and never dismiss one another’s pain and/or suffering as hers was dismissed.
Either way, I think there is a lot more to this movie than at first glance.
Literally go to moist meter before IMDB it got to that point, thanks for the honest, brutal reviews keep it up brother
What I do is look at rotten tomatoes. If 90% of critics hate it, and 90% of viewers loved it, you know it's a must watch.
I think Rose's reactions were pretty realistic actually. She was going through sudden trauma and mental problems from Laura, and then with the curse she became paranoid. Eventually she just wanted someone to believe her, and she'd do anything. Her getting mad at her fiance is because she's already pissed at her therapist for rejecting helping her when she asked, and when she asked her fiance to believe her he refused. These two things combined with just finding them talking in her home would piss anyone stressed like she is, off. Her husband, who didn't want to talk about it with her, instead wants to talk about her behind her back to her therapist who has seen the worst parts of her and knows so intimately the things that scare her the most that SHOULD be confidential. It's a breech of trust. He's getting rumours of her behind her back instead of talking to her because he's a coward, and doesn't care to hear it from her own mouth. I would have called it off.
I loved Sussy Bacon's performance 💀💀💀
I just saw it last night and man, this movie is great. I didn't expect it to spook me as much as it did, but wow, I went to bed genuinely freaked out. As you say don't trust the trailer because it really didn't sell this movie. But it is 100% worth watching, one of my favorite horror movies I think since Hereditary.
The CGI near the end of the movie looks like something straight out of a PS2 Game cutscene
What cgi
I've seen a couple good horror movies this year. 'The Black Phone' was actually great, aside from what the goofy title would have you believe. I saw 'Pearl' Thursday night, and that one was awesome! Super wacko crazy and uncomfortable in a few parts, but I'd recommend it.
Just saw Pearl tonight even better than x
@@TheloniousDrake7 I haven't seen 'X' yet, but I really need to now. I walked into 'Pearl' blindly, not knowing what to expect at all. Boy was I surprised. 🤣
@@sptauto not a bad way to go. I actually think that might even make for a better viewing experience.
Bro what the black phone was so boring
@@Justis_321 It was a perfect movie to see with friends, come on. The kids sister was hilarious, and a badass. She fought for her brother, and called the homicide detective a frickin fart knocker. 🤣 We all burst out laughing more than a few times. It was also awesome when the guy got axed in the end. 🪓 (SPOILERS)
I was shocked to see this movie actually was good with a decent storyline. Most horror films just throw away the plot and focus on the jumpscares but with Smile, there is just enough plot armor to say that it is worth the watch. There was alot of jumpscares, however not all of them were expected. Not giving any spoilers but lets just say Mustache was pretty unexpected and I mainly just forgot about them and didnt see it coming.
poor mustache
Mustache, poor little thing
Smile is exactly what I do when I watch Rio 2, a BlueSky classic yet to make its way to the moist meter.
The birthday party scene was bone chilling. Pretty good horror film, relative to modern horror movies ofcourse.
the jump scares were actually the most refreshing part for me, most weren’t blatantly obviously approaching and a few actually got me pretty good. the movie itself reminds me a bit of Drag me to Hell, the whole curse thing and the imaginary scenarios rose has throughout, followed by snapping to reality. Overall it was pretty good!
There were several times in this movie I was legitimately scared in the theatre I dont get scared at movies often. I liked this movie!
saw it last night and i havent seen a horror movie in. the last 5 years as competent as this.
The ending monster scene was really good
THANK YOU so much for mentioning the damn camera angles! I've watched a couple other reviews on this movie, and no one mentioned it. It was killing me!
The ending for Smile was pretty goofy and I'm surprised Charlie didn't mention it😂
Charlie broke down time itself to record two different videos at the same time to post them at the same time
My videos are better than charlie
I was so confused, thought I clicked on the notif for this video but ended up watching the start of the other one-
“The Black Phone” was such a masterpiece that Charlie didn’t even have to review it.
My content is better!
@h116 sarcasm
Black Phone was pretty good but nothing to write home about. Main character was great but his sister was so useless throughout the entire film. It makes sense I guess since she's a kid.
no shot lol it was ok at best
Movie was aight
The part where the smiler said "it's smilin' time" and smiled all over the place was my favorite
Lol
I liked the part where they said “it’s smilein’ time” and smiled all over the place, truly a smiletastic moment
Why do I laugh at these kind of comments every time
original joke. never seen it before. super funny. 😂😂😂😂😂😂. 😐.
damn you guys are really creative
spoilers ahead, but the party scene in this movie is genuinely one of the most clever and terrifying things ive seen in a horror film in a long time. by that time you basically fully forget about the cat and the reveal is so perfectly building tension. in the theater even i knew that there wouldnt be a monorail in the box but i could never have predicted the cat. genius.
no it was def easy to predict and as soon as i saw it was from rose i instantly
figured it was the cat
I laughed my ass off at that scene for some reason. It was like she reached max level in "how to ruin your life in the shortest amount of time possible". Also the later scene where the kid watched her freak out in the car made me burst out laughing so hard I had to pause the movie for a whole minute
@@Supersnillet93 same bro shit had ne dying when she got scared and she was pissed off. Same with the therapist when it was the monster instead her smile and then the deep laugh had my crying.
@@BretMFNTaylor yeah and that cut was so weird now when I think about it. Like what happened? Did the demon just scare her a little and then scatter off. I'm nitpicking I guess I did enjoy the movie but boy can horror movies have some dumb scenes
Hell yeah! As a cat lover, that scene shook me to my core
Im going to see this tomorrow and im extremely happy that Charlie enjoyed it 😭
@Daddy Pluto thats what i was hoping. The youtube trailer seems really wacky but the theatrical trailer that you see in theaters made it look good.
You should also watch barbarian if you haven't seen that movie yet. I watched it because Charlie said on his stream that it was a good horror movie out now and it was the best I've seen in a while.
Good luck you're going to need it.
The part that bothers me was when she was standing by a knife block but grabs a pair of scissors instead
Really good film with only a couple nitpicks/minor flaws. Could have been REALLY bad, but it worked. I loved Sosie Bacon’s performance and I wanna see her in more films.
Just got done watching it. This is definitely a stand out horror movie and its nice to have something different for a change.
someone told me "all it had was jumpscares". anyone that doesn't think this movie is terrifying is too stupid to get it. i stand by that.
People ignored great horror films that have come out the past few months (X, Pearl, Barbarian, Fall, ect) and saw this instead. Really well done horror movies are out, people just don’t bother seeing them
I was not expecting a meter for this one.
Watched this in theaters in last night. I was very pleasantly surprised. It made me pretty uncomfortable. It was nice to see a horror movie that wasn’t goofy bad or laughable.
only saw smile for kyle gallner and left the theater suprised that all the actors did well.
The WAY the jump scares come at you is what made it fresh! I avoided the trailer and I’m so glad I did because it made all the horror feel so unexpected
*The ending* felt like they shot two endings and kept both and 2nd ending ruined the film
Caught the movie at the last showing during the day of release after a late night of exhausting day at work, and Im glad I did because it was a really fun horror movie. I was smiling myself because good horror movies are rare and the directors put in a lot of creepy scares like the whispering from the bathroom or when it showed her previously known to be dead patient smiling across the hallway in her house in a dark corner. Really good stuff, I think they ended it well too even though I called it from the start.
I like that it’s similar to Japanese style horror where they take something that’s supposed to be good, or lucky and make it scary.
Apart from the ending which was very, very foreseeable, this movie was suprisingly good. Also loved the character design of the "monster" in the burning house scene, genuinely unsettling.
The fact that this movie ended up being really good was the biggest shock of the year
The ending ruined it tbh
i thought it was so bad, but very funny
@@mootje8626 Well you would be the only person in the comments that thinks that lmao
You hit the nail on the head with the trailer looking stinky. I've seen the trailer on RUclips ads so many times that it stopped letting me skip after I skipped so many times. They kind of just threw it at me to the point where I went from "maybe I'll see this with a few of my friends when they're drunk and I'm their DD" to "I hope I never see anything about this movie ever again holy shit stop annoying me." Every single video gave me the trailer. But yeah. I'm glad to hear that it's actually a good movie. I may actually see it.
Damn 2 videos in a minute that’s gotta be a world record
Charlie needs to watch more movies, it's good for what has released around it. Overall solid review
They had a lady sit behind home plate at an MLB game and smile the whole game and it was really creepy
Marketing not including the trailer was done really really well.
The phone call was scary asf when camera slowly creeps up on her like the POV of the monster and tells her to look behind is so fucking scary
i cried when John Smile said “it’s over smiley, i am the smiler.”
The part that made me feel the weirdest was the sister jump scare when she stumble runs out of the house and her head just dropped down, was scary as shit cause I didn’t expect it
I was also very pleasantly surprised by Smile. It definitely had some goofy moments in there for me but overall, one of the best, freshest horror movies I've seen in a while, which is ironic because it had the most absolutely generic horror plot. But you're right, it was the execution. The score was crazy good (I actually didn't have complaints like you did about it) with one of my favorite scenes being with the first smile victim and the music during her final moments.
Sosie Bacon absolutely killed it, but I'm 50/50 about the ending. There was a really good message there about facing and addressing your trauma instead of running from it, but in the end it didn't even matter. And then like the most unproblematic male character in the movie gets fucked next. It was depressing but I mean, I guess that's horror for you. I definitely would have liked to have seen a happier ending, at least for Rose's character.
willing to bet they'l make a gdmn sequal
I’ve actually never found a scary smile actually “scary” in anything. But the actors in this movie did such a good job, the smiles were actually unsettling
dude imagine going up to someone at the theatre after the movie ends and start smiling at them
So I work at a movie theater and the music for the credits is the music that Charlie is talking about and it indeed feels really goofy to clean a theater while it's happening.