Smiley Face (2007)

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

Director:

Gregg Araki

Writer:

Dylan Haggerty

Stars:

Anna Faris, Roscoe Lee Browne, Adam Brody

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

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

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Plot Keywords:

roommate | pot | bus driver | liberalism | flash forward | 

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Taglines:

High. How are you?

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for drug content, language and some sexual material

Details

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 January 2008 (France)

Also Known As:

Besütizve

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$5,993 (USA) (16 November 2007)

Gross:

$8,768 (USA) (22 November 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Anonymous Content, ApolloProMovie & Co. 3. Filmproduktion, Desperate Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min 88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

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

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Goofs

When Jane was originally in the professor's home the professor's mother gave her orange juice to drink. Then later on the Ferris Wheel in Jane's flashback of the incident she was drinking a yellow drink, presumably lemonade.

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Quotes

Officer Jones: What's your name?
Jane F.: Uh... Christy?
Officer Jones: You don't sound too sure of that.
Jane F.: No, it's Christy.
Officer Jones: Well, Christy... How come your friend just called you Jane a second ago?
Jane F.: Jane's uhh... my... religious... name?

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Crazy Credits

The film's title does not actually appear in the main credits sequence and is represented by a 'smiley face' graphic instead.

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Connections

Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Wolverine/Ghosts of Girlfriends Past/Battle for Terra (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Good Clean Fun"
Written by David Woodward, Sam Hewitt, Tobias May and Jason Pegg
Performed by Clearlake
Published by Chrysalis Music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Domino Recording Co.
By Arrangement with Bank Robber Music

User Reviews

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.