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30 January 2007 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- Smiley Face is director Gregg Araki’s follow up to his critically acclaimed Mysterious Skin, a stoner-comedy starring Anna Faris (Waiting, Lost in Translation, My Super Ex-Girlfriend) as Jane, whose day turns into a series of misadventures when she unwittingly devours a batch of marijuana cupcakes.When I hear the name Gregg Araki attached to my film, it grabs my attention. Odd, considering I’ve only seen three films directed by him -- The Doom Generation, The Living End, and Nowhere. The Doom Generation is my favorite, with superb art direction, camerawork, and music (Araki has a phenomenal ear for picking songs for his films – perhaps something to do with the fact he is a former music critic), and not to mention tons of tongue-in-cheek dialogue, bloody but comedic violence, and gratuitous sexual content. But it’s all fun and games till about the end, where the film takes a serious dramatic tone. »

1 article from 2007