'Smile' Review: A Trauma-Horror That Bares Its Teeth
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Read this review and more at AnthonyReviews.com In the sea of A24 movies that are "secretly about trauma," the emergence of something more overt, effective, and, let's be honest, horrific should be celebrated. This seat-gripping dive into the horrors of mental illness doesn't offer easy answers, nor bask in the romanticism of the misunderstood. There's a quality of solid storytelling at work here that doesn't feel the need to hide its lack of substance behind either boastful stillness (think
'Smile' Review: A Trauma-Horror That Bares Its Teeth
'Smile' Review: A Trauma-Horror That Bares…
'Smile' Review: A Trauma-Horror That Bares Its Teeth
Read this review and more at AnthonyReviews.com In the sea of A24 movies that are "secretly about trauma," the emergence of something more overt, effective, and, let's be honest, horrific should be celebrated. This seat-gripping dive into the horrors of mental illness doesn't offer easy answers, nor bask in the romanticism of the misunderstood. There's a quality of solid storytelling at work here that doesn't feel the need to hide its lack of substance behind either boastful stillness (think