Smiley Face (2007)

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 | Drug Trip | Kitchen | Animated Credits

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:

Roscoe Lee Browne: Shall we say a few words about Brevin Ericson? Shall we say a few words about love? For Brevin Ericson is completely, 100%, head-over-heels, in love. Perhaps it's difficult for you to comprehend how anybody could be so passionately-inclined toward someone like this. But do not judge her too harshly. After all, how was she to know they were pot cupcakes. And ask yourselves: who amongst you might not have done the same? Who are we to judge what beats in a young man's heart?

Movie Connections:

References The Phantom Planet (1961)

Soundtrack:

Good Clean Fun

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.