Smiley Face (2007)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Gregg Araki

Writer:

Dylan Haggerty (written by)

Release Date:

16 January 2008 (France)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

High. How are you?

Plot:

After a young actress unknowingly eats her roommate's pot cupcakes, her day becomes a series of misadventures. |

Plot Keywords:

Pot | Roommate | Split Screen | Audition | Liberalism

US TV Schedule:

Fri. July 24	12:30 AM	SHOW
Mon. July 27	2:15 AM	SHOW

Cast

Anna Faris	...	Jane F.
Roscoe Lee Browne	...	Himself (voice)
Danny Masterson	...	Steve the Roomate
Ben Falcone	...	Agent
Adam Brody	...	Steve the Dealer
Brian Posehn	...	Bus Driver
Rick Hoffman	...	Angry Face
Matthew J. Evans	...	Bobby (as Matthew Evans)
Davenia McFadden	...	Bus Passenger
Joey Diaz	...	Security Guard (as Joey Coco Diaz)
Jim Rash	...	Casting Assistant
Jayma Mays	...	Actress in Waiting Room
Jane Lynch	...	Casting Director
John Krasinski	...	Brevin
Kai Cofer	...	Man with Weird Beard

MPAA:

Rated R for drug content, language and some sexual material.

Runtime:

USA:88 min (Sundance Film Festival)

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Canada:18A | France:Unrated | Singapore:M18 | Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Anonymous Content

Trivia:

This film's working title was "Mary Warner", and Winona Ryder was attached at one point.

Quotes:

Brevin: [at the dentist] I kind of like it. I mean, it's not like I'm a masochist or anything, it's just.. Well, in a way, it makes me feel like, "Yeah.. my teeth are being taken care of." You know? It makes me feel... prosperous.

Movie Connections:

References The Giant Gila Monster (1959)

Soundtrack:

2006

The best film at Sundance

I'm not a pothead, and I don't watch pothead movies. So a story about a girl who gets stoned, and then gets even more stoned wouldn't normally grab me. But film festivals put you in a situation where you watch movies that wouldn't normally interest you. Usually, that's a disaster, but in the case of "Smiley Face," I couldn't have been more pleasantly surprised.

"Smiley Face" gives us one of the most lovable protagonists I've ever seen in a movie. Jane (Ana Faris) is high the entire movie, even in flashbacks, and thus is happy and childlike just about every time we see her (except when she's paranoid). Most movie characters would breeze through the minor conflicts Jane has to face, but her pot-induced mental disability turns cooking butter into a nearly impossible task. And that's part of what makes her so endearing.