Sosie Bacon treats the script of Smile as if it were her key to racking up tons of awards. Her spirit is admirable and she's able to spin gold from straw many times and elevate the predictable material, especially as the latter half dissolves into a series of confusing fake out daydreams and nightmares where you're never quite sure what's going on or what's at stake for the character. It's loaded with jump scares - some are effective and some are duds - but at least the filmmakers have supplied a good amount of mood and dread to go along with it. As good as some of the scares are, it does get exhausting after awhile.
Review of Smile
