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Smile
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6.7After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.
Cast
- Sosie Bacon as Rose Cotter
- Kyle Gallner as Joel
- Jessie T. Usher as Trevor
- Robin Weigert as Dr. Madeline Northcott
- Caitlin Stasey as Laura Weaver
- Kal Penn as Dr. Morgan Desai
Themes
- suicide
- new jersey
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- therapist
- detective
- paranoia
- trauma
- curse
- hospital
- doctor
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Parker Finn
- Written by
- Parker Finn
- Based on
- Laura Hasn't Slept , by Parker Finn
- Produced by
- Marty Bowen Wyck Godfrey Isaac Klausner Robert Salerno
- Starring
- Sosie Bacon Jessie T. Usher Kyle Gallner Kal Penn Rob Morgan
- Cinematography
- Charlie Sarroff
- Edited by
- Elliot Greenberg
- Music by
- Cristobal Tapia de Veer
- Production companies
- Paramount Players Temple Hill Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release dates
- September 22, 2022 ( 2022-09-22 ) ( Fantastic Fest ) September 30, 2022 ( 2022-09-30 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 115 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $17 million
- Box office
- $217.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 115
- FilmAffinity ID
- 441844
- Official website
- www.smile.movie
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- publication date
- 2022-09-30
- title
- Smile
- capital cost
- 17000000
- Commons category
- Smile (2022 film)
- review score
- 68/100
- box office
- 105935048
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Smile is a 2022 American supernatural psychological horror film written and directed by Parker Finn, in his feature directorial debut. A follow-up to Finn's short film Laura Hasn't Slept (2020), it stars Sosie Bacon as a therapist who witnesses the bizarre suicide of a patient, then becomes overwhelmed with increasingly disturbing visions that lead her to believe she is experiencing something supernatural. It also features Jessie T. Usher, Kyle Gallner, Kal Penn, and Rob Morgan, as well as Caitlin Stasey reprising her role from Laura Hasn't Slept.
A feature adaptation of Finn's short was announced in June 2020, and the cast was added in October 2021. Principal photography began that month in New Jersey and ended in November. It was originally set for release on the streaming service Paramount+, but the distributor, Paramount Pictures, released it theatrically after positive test screenings.