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EARLY ACCESS: Smile FULL REACTION

🕑 Added 2024-06-07 20:51:17 +0000 UTC

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Conor Moriarty

oak calling someone a fuckhead was not on my bingo card lol

BlueJean452

I was a bit late to watching this one but I agree that is was just ok. I would love if you guys reacted to It Follows (2014). It has a somewhat similar concept but I think that it is a much better movie overall.

Heida

I agree the film was good but could have been better. What I like most about it is the themes of trauma, mental illness, grief and guilt. The Smile entity appears to feed on unaddressed trauma and enters a person's body through a new traumatic experience. More explicitly they feed on the fact that the person has witnessed the death of a loved one: Laura saw her grandfather die when she was a child, Rose saw her mother die from an OD (and feels guilty for not helping her) and Gabriel's widow says that he still struggled with his brother's death (though it's not said if he witnessed it). To me, the entity is a depiction of trauma spreading from one person to another. Also, right before receiving a phone call from her therapist, Rose's mail has "Last Chance" on it. Her therapist has been trying for years to get her to talk about her mother's death but when she calls, Rose hangs up on her. She later confronts her mum's death through a vision from the entity but it's too late and she still dies. Opening up to her therapist was her last chance. But it could also have been in regards to the deadline for her having to kill someone else so she could save herself. The way the entity torments Rose (and presumably its other victims) heavily reflects how mental illnesses affect people in real life. Her problems aren't taken seriously (Trevor, the boyfriend/fiancé/husband, and Holly, the sister, irritated me so much) and she ends up severely isolating herself, much like how those with mental illnesses. They're either ignored or judged. Also, the only actual deaths in the film (aside from Mustache, whom Rose unknowingly packaged and presumably killed and gave it to her nephew for his birthday) are all either suicides or an act of violent desperation. This is accurate to the behaviour of victims of mental illness, who are much more likely to hurt themselves rather than other people and have a higher risk of suicide. On rewatch, the scene between Rose and Laura takes on a whole different meaning. There's a brief moment where Laura's mouth is wide open and implies that she's having trouble breathing. This was most likely the moment when the entity was entering her to possess her and then drive her to suicide, just like it did to Rose. Also, a bit nitpicky here but Rose talking to Laura who is clearly in distress and could be a danger to herself or others, isn't restrained in any way, there's plenty of potentially dangerous items lying around and the only way to call for help is a wall phone on the far end of the room seems rather negligent. And after the traumatic experience, the hospital lets Rose work until she has an obvious nervous breakdown and doesn't provide her with any counseling. Unlike typical evil spirits which possess a vessel and attempt to stay with the person indefinitely, this one acts as a type of living virus transferring from one host to the next. It can be assumed that it does this to sustain itself, consuming the souls of its victims for strength and power before moving on to the next target. The ending has been criticised by a few fans, who choose to ignore everything after Rose kills the entity, overcomes her trauma over her mother's death and burns down her childhood home. This depressing ending is, however, an intentional commentary on how some traumas are too powerful for some people to ever truly overcome. Also, a lot of viewers were pissed they kept the sister's dangling head by the car window in the trailer, so for those who had sen the trailer they weren't as shocked when it happened in the film. There IS a sequel scheduled for release in October this year, starring Naomi Scott from Aladdin remake, 2019's Charlies Angels and Disney's Lemonade Mouth. Btw, I'm pretty sure the The Denzel Washington/John Goodman film Mason is referring to is Fallen. The Ring and It Follows also have a similar plot in that a "curse" of some sort is passed through people. Truth or Dare a little bit too. And though not quite the same, I really recommend Talk to Me! Fun facts: Sosie Bacon who plays Rose (and carried this film) is the daughter of Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. Kyle Gallner who plays Joel was also in Jennifer's Body, The Haunting of Connecticut and Scream (2022). I first saw him in an episode of Cold Case where he played one of two teenagers who shot and killed people in a mall (it was heavily based on the Columbine school shooting). Caitlin Stasey who plays Laura (and does an excellent job in her short role in this film) is an Australian actress whom I first saw in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. After moving to the US she starred in the show Reign. Paramount originally planned for the film, which had a low budget of $17 million, to be a streaming-only release on Paramount+. It was screened for test audiences and scored much higher than anticipated, prompting Paramount to give it a theatrical release. It opened at #1 and grossed $22.6 million over its opening weekend, which exceeded their wildest expectations. It stayed in the top 10 for over two months and grossed $217 million worldwide. The film is based on Parker Finn's short film "Laura Hasn't Slept", starring Caitlin Stasey as Laura (who reprised her role in this film). The scene where Rose talks to Laura is a parallel to the short film. This film was originally titled "Something's Wrong With Rose". Smiley face spotted: Trevor's contact photo on Rose's phone, the sign at the model train shop and the pain chart at the hospital. When Rose gets coffee at work following Laura's suicide, her mug has a smiley face. When Rose confronts her mother's spirit at her childhood home the broken curtain rail and light coming through the window in the bedroom looks like the smile that Gabriel drew representing the entity. There's also disturbing photos and bloodstains shaped like smiles. Additionally, Rose's crescent earring is facing in an "unhappy" face frown. The smiles are all natural and not enhanced with visual effects. The studio even asked if they could be tweaked, but director and writer Parker Finn said no because he felt it was more creepy that way. Parker Finn wanted the film's title card to be very anxiety-inducing. An earlier version failed the Harding test, which examines how triggering an image is to photosensitive viewers. The entity's true form resembles a rotting corpse with other people inside. Parker Finn says it is a "true look at the evil thing that's been hiding behind all the smiles". He called it Lollipop, hence the use of the song in the end credits. Rose's mum growing in size is meant to drive home Rose's feeling that she's back to being a child. Every time Rose answers the phone, something terrible happens.

Linda Wightman

The others is great very creepy and atmospheric highly recommend it as well.

Jodric

I agree, the story wasn't brilliant. It doesn't make sense that no one else had looked into the suicide connections - and when the detective finds the connection, he ends up going to find her anyway. I think this would've been better if it ended on Rose taking control of her head and pushing the demon away. Something scarier: Incantation on Netflix, a tribal-themed Chinese demonic film. Also recommend Talk to Me, also on Netflix.

Jodric

I agree, I found this very similar along with Truth or Dare.

Dee

I fully expected to see Oak grab Mason or Diamond Dave's arm at some point😂😂

Lily

Have you guys seen “it follows” ? I’m assuming no since I don’t think anyone mentioned it but this movie kinda reminded me of that with the whole mysterious entity passing to person to person in a pattern.

Badd Medicine

🤜🤛😁

Gregory Sambrano

Obviously in all good fun 😂

JiaHailstorm

I actually enjoyed this movie more than I thought I would. I actually didn't mind the length. Every time I checked the clock I was super surprised at how much time had passed. So yea, I was really into this. The end was a bit meh, but overall I'm glad I watched this.

Badd Medicine

🤜🤛 😁

Sally Dowse

It's very good. Has Nicole kidman in it. I recommend it.

Badd Medicine

Haven't heard of that one. We'll have to investigate it

brendan mcnally

GREAT reactions as always thx boys

Elvira Heredia

react to "THE OTHERS"

L AH

It's a cool story about not bottling up your trauma. THe main character spent her whole life avoiding what happened to her, becoming a psychiatrist to help others while completely ignoring her own needs (her boss said she was a workaholic, she stays super late just so she can go one stop further in helping others because she couldn't help her mom, her not going to her psychiatrist anymore ...) until the last nail in her coffin where she was leaving work and the phone rang and instead of letting other people handle it, she decided to come back and help the girl, which ultimately led to her demise She also confronted her demons at the end but ultimately spent the whole movie and her whole life trying to deal with everything on her own and refusing anyone who was willing to help her. Which is why she lost. Solid movie in my opinion, with a meaningful story

Marcy Brown

I want you guys to watch Malignant if you haven’t already :D

Love10 ❤️

Magical blanket lmao

Badd Medicine

I think Answer is the only one who hasn't seen it.

Jake Gering

Have you guys seen The Strangers? If not I wholly recommend

Yerena Fernanda

Please, DEATH NOTEEEE! 🖤

Badd Medicine

That face on the creature was actually pretty scary. One of those that could stay in your dreams for a little bit. 😂🤙

Sophia Sanchez

Yes!!! It does psychological horror sooo well

Sophia Sanchez

Smile is one of those movies where it’s not *that* good, but it checks off all my horror movie boxes - especially the creature design at the end. Love a good creature in horror. I also kind of love that it has a bummer ending. Before I saw it, I was expecting it to have a sloppily written happy ending like most bad horror movies lol. Thanks for watching this!

AbraxasBelzebub

Watched this with you for the first time and I agree, it was an okay movie, not great but not bad either. For some random reason however it made me wish you´d react to Crimson Peak. :D No idea if you´d like it or not, I haven´t seen this movie mysefl in a loooong time so I bearly remember it but it would be a different flair of horror :3

Katie

The babadook is a great horror film

Badd Medicine

😁😁😁😁😁😁

Elizabeth D

Excited to watch now!!! plsss consider 28 days later... one of my fav horror/zombie movies :)

Josip Buretić

Fallen is great movie I would also not mind if you guys would watch the movie. About this movie I liked it.

Alexiani Gollarza

Me as well!!! lol I started with the movie in my pc and the guys in my laptop and after the first broken glass I made the page with the movie as small as possible, didn't look at it or covered it with my hand so my peripheral sight didn't catch anything hahahahhahaha

Badd Medicine

That is also on the list 🤙

Alexiani Gollarza

I saw the meaning of the movie in a review a moment ago. I think, at first watch, you don't get the point behind it, unless you take your time to analyze the movie. The message is strong and necessary, maybe the second movie will approach that symbolism a bit more?

Kaley

I think you’d all love the horror movie MEGAN! It’s more-so funny and creepy than flat-out scary and traumatic.

Kaley

I think they’d really love MEGAN!

Arudorin

Btw, If you guys haven't watched it yet, "Talk to me, Megan and Abigail"

Arudorin

If you're only focused on jump scares, then you've missed the point of the movie. It's obvious that it's about emotional and psychological trauma. And yes, there is a sequel coming. The denzel and john goodman movie is Fallen which I don't mind rewatching with you guys.

Adolfo Gutierrez

It'd be awesome if ya'll reacted to Blood in Blood out

Mhyyy

same meaning for me regardless.

Mhyyy

this movie is sad for me.. feel bad for Rose and to all those commit suicide because of that evil thing.

Steven Warner

Plaid shirt and brown vest mf 😂😂😂

Alanna Banana 🍌

Apparently a sequel is coming out this October. If you guys watch it, I will. But I don’t think I’ll go out of my way to see it otherwise

Alanna Banana 🍌

Yeah, I wasn’t the biggest fan of this movie. It wasn’t horrible but it wasn’t amazing. Just kinda meh

Ian

More horror please!

Badd Medicine

Oak has been on a roll lately.... 😬😬

igotnomani 1

The audio for MQ wasn't too bad 👍🏾 plus agreed with MQ. Liked it, but it definitely had way more potential

Gregory Sambrano

As someone named Gregory I feel offended 22:37 😂😂

Alanna Banana 🍌

Yessss, such a good movie 👏👏👏👏

Alanna Banana 🍌

Yes, watching this tonight 😀

Badd Medicine

That is on the list

Badd Medicine

Honestly... I don't think you that certificate for this one 😂 🤜🤛

Lauren

As a certified chicken, I would only watch this movie with you guys! You’re forcing me out of my comfort zone, LOL.

AJ

Actually love this film!! But I really think Abigail (2024) is something you would all enjoy

Thepuppetmasta

Personally thought this movie was outright horrendous that dragged on with cheap jump scares and no real horror, although the themes its trying to conveyand express are interesting and came across clear. I justfelt this movie came off like a highschoolers first movie project and are still learning the art form of cinematography and horror story telling.. . So im curious what you guys will say about it.

Liam

Shocked you guys had enough reaction requests for this haha. I didn't really think it was anything special. Much better horror out there

Verity

😁😁😁

Kaley

I really love this film’s message about mental health. Everyone besides Rose was using demeaning, harmful language (calling people “crazy”, “head-cases”, “nut-jobs”, etc), and using the language “committed suicide” (this is harmful language as well, as suicide isn’t a crime). Rose is the only person who referred to her patients “dying by suicide”. As a society, we need to be better about how we refer to mental health and those who are struggling.