Smile 2

as much as these movies love to bend reality, it never quite does it in the ways i’d like them to. as cool as the finale was visually (director wants to be ari aster SOO BAD), it felt quite listless as it played out. just wish they’d aim for something higher than the banal blumhouse standard when wrapping up these films, especially after setting up something so unique!  it was still a fun watch for talia and i and had us yapping about it for some time after. also for the entire runtime i was convinced i left my gas stove on….