The Brutality Of SMILE

This is just a drawn out summary. I expected an in depth analysis on the movie , but instead you just wiki explained the plot.

Ending scene was one of the best done horror scenes I've seen in a while if not ever.

The „noodle neck“ scene seems to have been copied from the Argentinian film Terrified/Aterrados. Not a great movie but would definitely recommend just for the weirdness of it.

Rose is a disgusting coalburner

bro is a movie previewer and he makes memes at the same time

Isn't the best way to break the chain to end yourself while no one is watching?

The James Charles jumpscare got me

This movie seems dumb as shit

That scene with the dead cat disturbed the shit out of me

I hate movies where the husband treats the wife like she's crazy. It's so overdone and incredibly tedious to watch. Orphan was excrutiating.

This video confirms to me that this movie is complete trash. Lmfao. Constant jumpscares, re-used scenes, outdated tropes, terrible voice/audio effects, bad special effects makeup. And that cgi cat literally made me laugh out loud. Literally even too cheap to make a realistic doll of a cat.

Its insane how bad this movie is and looks

Aphex Twin did it first

This movie was truly awesome, even if the ending was a bit of a cliché if you ask me

An absurdly unscary movie full of all the "psycho" tropes and cliches you can think of, the typically banal dialog "I'm not crazy" and a ridiculous monster that looks like a cheap halloween animatronic. I can't wait for the sequel, "Fart: Silent But Deadly"

I don’t mean to sound like the stereotypical FNaF kid, but when I first watched Smile with my dad- I was on the laptop, and as soon as I heard the similarity in how both the monster and “Moon” from FNaF security sound- I played the clip from the movie, and a voice-clip from the animatronic, and they sounded almost identical- I Played the “Almost time, Rose” clip with one of Moon’s first voicelines when he’s introduced, and the similarity was almost uncanny 💀 if you want to prove it for yourself, go right ahead!

spooky :) demon

not the cattttttttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what a shocking movie - please don't justify it psychologically - or worse - philosphically. and I loved it, thought it was hilarious.

“Funny looking Pokémon” has had be dying even after the video 😂

Trevor is the fucking worst

I like the thumbnail.

I was disappointed with the movie

I thought this movie and Truth Or Dare were the same thing lmao

I like how the scare jumps for once feels totally justified in this movie. The evil entity works on traumas. It totally make sense for it to shock his victims no warning before. And most importantly, the movie avoid as much as it can the awful "look there's something scary oh no it was only a cat and then BWAAAHH the scare jump happens anyway". I always found those dishonest, because those moments are trying to make the scare jump feels more smart than it actually is because even if you disarm the tension before the scare jump you're still relying on it the same way.

omg the james charles bit

The concept of the passing curse is old, but i really liked this movie.
Also pay attention to the sound, (the whole soundtrack is amazing) the scene of the cat, at the end, you can hear a demongasm, a satisfying sound like audible Schadenfreude.😬

I wonder instead of showing the demon fear, show it anger and confrontation and absolute bravery. After my own personal run-in with a very real demon as a teen, I found an inner strength to literally look it right in the eyes and tell it that it has no power over me. I just got so angry at it rather than terrified and confronted it head-on. With the help of my Bible, I banished it from my presence. So, I wonder... if one sees a hallucination of this smiling demonic entity, if refusing to give it what it wants will help deter it? Instead of trembling, approach it and roar into its face that the more it tries to torment you, the more courage you will have.

Obviously go to a secluded place to die alone, but all the while, challenge it and fight. Tell it you will not be like its other victims, and that you will fight it until your last breath. If it feeds off fear and torment, promise it you will be a bitter, unenriching, measly meal that'll make it want to vomit. Even if kills you horribly, pray, scream, fight and be the utmost annoying pain-in-the-ass possible. That's what I'd do... then again I personally don't get scared, I get pissed off.

that goofy lil guy on the thumbnail smiling away teehee such a cutie😁

Not the worst horror of the year (turn towards The Black Phone for that) but close to it. Another sad example of soulless modern day horror. It encapsulates all that is wrong with today's concept of "viral horror": Find a paper thin but creepy premise that is merely sufficient for a short film (this one is based on a short) and then stretch it out to 90 minutes (in this case even way longer, god this film tested my patience). This is then only played for creepy images and spooky jump scares which can be shown in a viral trailer to create a hype which tricks people into seeing the film.

Certain elements of this were ok, it had mostly competent direction, good camera work and visuals (even though I don't like the Instagram-brown-pastell-color-pallet these films are using). Actress in the first scene was phenomenal! Unfortunately, this can't be said for the main actress (Kevin Bacon's (!) daughter seems to not have inherited her father's incredible talent). The second awesome scene was the birthday gift unwrapping scene. However, two scenes are not enough to salvage this train wreck.

What starts out with a truly impressive opening scene (liked that one better than the short) soon turns into the most frustrating jump scare fest serving us every horror cliché out there. By the end I was just rooting for the protagonist to get it over with and botch herself already.

I know why our protagonist is working double shifts in a run-down hospital instead of earning loads of money in a private practice: She is THE WORST psychotherapist ever and probably couldn't find a job elsewhere. She does not believe her patients and shows no genuine empathy towards them. She idly watches as her patient goes about slicing herself up with a shard of glass. She notices tons of signs that she herself might not be sane but she ignores all the red flags and lies to her boss (who is also THE WORST). After the curse of The Ring... sorry, I mean It Follows... excuse me, I mean The Smile latches itself onto her, she starts seeing JUMP SCARES, I mean things and visions and slowly loses her sanity. She is a therapist, who has visions, she should know how to handle these things, she knows she is not crazy. So what does she do whenever anything weird happens? She tries to get help (from her boss, boy-friend, sister) by babbling incoherent nonsense that must come off as absolutely insane to anybody and keeps repeating in a hysterical voice: "I am NOT CRAZY!" She's a therapist for god's sake! That's exactly the behaviour her patients must be showing all the time. She should know better. This is very bad writing and extremely frustrating for a thinking viewer.

Why do protagonists of (cheap) horror movies love to hang around their creepily sterile and severely under-lit homes without ever turning the lights on? You know the answer: jump scares! Lots of them. Accompanied by loud musical cues and bangs (booh!). This is always a sign that the filmmakers don't really have anything to say and are not able to grip their viewers by way of storytelling or psychological horror. This film had SO MANY jump scares.

The boyfriend is THE WORST. He shows no empathy or understanding, abandoning his girlfriend basically at the first sign of problems and unease. He barely reacts when he comes home to police sirens. In the last act he literally disappears and does not even try to contact let alone even find Rose after she takes off completely dishevelled.

Her sister is THE WORST. After being at least co-responsible for Rose's trauma, leaving her alone with their suicidal and alcoholic mother, does she learn from her mistakes? No. She shows no empathy or understanding, abandoning her sister (again!) basically at the first sign of problems and unease. Completely shuts her out when she needs her the most.

The ex-boyfriend cop is THE WORST. Showing Rose confidential evidence abusing his access rights to get information, because he wants to get back in her pants. This would definitely get any cop fired. He is single-handedly responsible for Rose's death. He knows how the curse works. He knows that the entity needs to have the victims kill themselves in front of a witness. Still, he breaks down the door to enter the house and to watch Rose drench herself in gasoline!!!!! He could have just stayed outside the house. This was so mind-numbingly dumb and frustrating.

Did I mention the jump scares yet?

Ultimately, the film doesn't have anything to say. It stirs up all kinds of themes around guilt, family, generational trauma, mental illness. However, these are just used as an occasion for a scare fest but never brought together in a convincing fashion. There is no resolution to this, no message. Rose doesn't overcome any of her struggles. In the final act we are led to believe she defends her trauma (the ridiculous granny monster). However, this is also just a fake-out as she ultimately does end up killing herself. I am a sucker for bleak endings, if they are done right and either serve a purpose or fit the tone of the movie. In the case of Smile, the ending is just bleak for the sake of being shocking, which is cynical. Well, I guess it kind of fits the tone of the movie after all: They wanted to end it with what they love most, a cheap jump scare.

I've watch a lot of your videos but not this one because I actually wanted to see the movie and not get spoiled just to realize at the end of it that you actually spoiled me the reveal of the monster 😐

Nope, noodle neck.

I'm far to cynical because I thought the dead cat thing was hilarious.

The ending had be gutted but I like how it’s a kind of poetic death Rose was burning the candle at both ends over worked and never taking time to work through her trauma hiding behind helping others while letting the trauma fester much like her childhood home and the when she lights herself on fire it fits.

The fact she could have avoided this by taking time for herself and going home in the first place is so sad I like that it’s like the most brutal metaphor for if you don’t deal with your trauma it will destroy you.

"Nope; noodle neck!"

This same director made an incredible low budget sasquatch movie

Horror movie directors hate cats 💀

I almost stopped watching when I learnt moustache died.
Screw you smiling demon!

As a cat person the scene with dead cat terrifies me more than anything else

I was never more bored in a recent horror film. I ended up skimming through the last 40 minutes to see that basically nothing happens except a lot of talking, did I mention there is a LOT of talking in this movie and this would have been better as a 30 minute horror short than a full length film.

"Hi Sisters!"...had me howling 😜

me personally I ain't letting some bitch ass curse spread through me, I'd go somewhere secluded with no one around and kms so that bitch is gone with me

ok

I think I figured out how to manage the curse. Act like it's 2020. By that, I mean only interact with people remotely. The smiling hallucinations are usually in person so if you're in the presence of someone, you know its most likely a smiling hallucination. I'm not sure how to beat the fake phone call with the security system since that was a remote interaction. I think if the demon does attack remotely, just ignore it. Smiling hallucinations can't hurt you from the other end of a phone. Unfortunately, pets won't be allowed to be in your presence either since the demon might try to mentally attack you by having you kill your pets

“Barbecued ex girlfriend it is” 😭😂

if you even try becoming something like the next "pewdipie" or whateved it's called, imma find where you live and force you to watch Cats on repeat

this is the dark souls of horror movies

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bro ripped off a gravity falls monster "The hide-behind"

I feel bad for the poor cat :( What did Moustache do to you, smile entity?