Smile 2 (2024)

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1. 

   Ebbywebby

   Voss water gave the film's best performance. 3 months ago
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   Oxenfree

   first 25 mins 7/10 whole movie 1/10 2 months ago
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   Siskoid

   It seems the massive popularity of Taylor Swift is creating a small boom in making pop stars main characters in movies. We had Trap earlier in 2024, and then Smile 2, which aside from the pop star lead, is essentially the same film as Smile 1. It's still about a Smile Virus/Demon infecting those who see something traumatic (the gory death of the previous host) and can't get it out of their minds (nor their previous traumas) and go on to stage the next trauma for the next host. It's still about the fear of trauma, of accidentally seeing something that will add to your burden, indeed the reason many people don't want to watch horror films. It may be a bit better than the original. Naomi Scott acquits herself quite well as a dancer/singer/recovering prima donna. The camera is often loopy, creating an askew universe that makes you question reality. The Smile Demon sure is a big troll, to its victims (including a character from the previous film, as connective tissue) and to the audience. The jump scares are well-staged (well, at least *I* jumped out of my skin several times and wasn't too mad at it). I bet Lady Raven would have made short work of the evil entity. 2 months 2 weeks ago

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