Smile [DVD]

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Rose tries to patch things up with Trevor but becomes enraged after realizing he has called Madeline to provide psychological intervention without asking Rose first. Upset, she leaves to speak with Holly, who also dismisses Rose's belief in a curse. Holly compares Rose's behavior to their late mother, and Rose accuses Holly of abandoning her before their mother's death. D'Alessandro, Anthony (October 9, 2022). " 'Smile' Posts Best Second Weekend Hold For R-Rated Horror Film After 'Get Out'; Audiences Never Got High On 'Amsterdam' – Sunday AM Box Office". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved October 9, 2022. The premise follows Laura as she recounts a series of horrific dreams and hallucinations where she is being pursued by a smiling man to her therapist. As she does so, she begins to realize that she is not where she thinks she is, that she is again experiencing an extra-sensory episode, and that the counselor she is confiding in is actually the entity that has been tormenting her. [37] While the ending of the short film seems to indicate that the character dies, Laura later appears in Smile where she seeks the help of Dr. Rose Cotter; indicating that the resolution to Laura Hasn't Slept was a continued hallucination. The character ultimately sets in motion the events of the full-length film. [38] [39] [40] The initial pre-credits scenes that set up the plot, are so well crafted, so well captured, and so, well, creepy, it was invigorating, engaging and exciting! There were genuine scares, a palpable sense of dread, and a wonderful idea to be examined through terror. And then the rest of the film happens.

a b Moore, Trent (November 30, 2022). " 'Laura Hasn't Slept': Watch the Creepy, 'Elm Street'-esque Short Film that Inspired 'Smile' ". Syfy . Retrieved February 26, 2023.

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Curtis, Charles (September 27, 2022). "Those MLB fans creeping you out smiling behind home plate? It was all a movie marketing ploy". USA Today . Retrieved September 27, 2022. Fleming, Mike Jr. (June 9, 2020). "Paramount, Temple Hill Set Feature Version Of Horror Short 'Laura Hasn't Slept' ". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved June 9, 2020. Later, Rose visits Holly, attempting to patch things up, but only makes it worse. She hallucinates the entity taking the form of Holly. Joel eventually calls her, to inform her that he discovered all the witnesses committed suicide within a week. The exception was Robert Talley, who instead murdered someone, and the key witness to the murder continued the suicide chain. Rose and Joel visit Talley in jail, where he claims the only way to escape the curse is to kill someone in front of a witness, and do it in a brutal fashion to cause major psychological trauma, which the entity 'feeds' off of. Maher, Kevin. "Smile review — you may be cursed and have to grin and bear it". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460 . Retrieved September 30, 2022.

A feature adaptation of Finn's short was announced in June 2020, and the cast was added in October 2021. Principal photography began that month in New Jersey and ended in November. Originally set for release on the streaming service Paramount+, distributor Paramount Pictures opted to release the film theatrically after positive test screenings. a b Squires, John (November 30, 2022). " 'Laura Hasn't Slept' – Watch the Original Short Film That Became This Year's 'Smile' [Video]". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved February 26, 2023.

Upon learning that Laura's professor was grinning at her before his death, Rose visits his widow Victoria Muñoz and learns he was affected after witnessing a woman die by suicide. This eventually leads Rose to ask her ex-boyfriend Joel, who is a police detective, to go through police records for her. He is initially apprehensive, but eventually relents, and the former couple find several cases where someone witnessed a suicide, then a few days later went onto commit suicide in front of someone else, who continued the pattern. Ettenhoffer, Valerie (September 24, 2022). "A Viral Marketing Campaign For Smile Is Photobombing Baseball Games (And The Today Show)". /Film . Retrieved September 24, 2022. Later, Rose sees her manic patient Carl grinning and shouting that she is going to die. Rose calls for nurses to restrain him, only to see he was asleep the whole time. Concerned for Rose's mental well-being, her supervisor Dr. Morgan Desai gives her a week off. Finn also stated that his intention with the nested series of fake-out endings was to get ahead of an audience that might have been trying to get ahead of the movie. [16]