Smile 2

Non spoiler part of the review btw. Jesus FUCKING Christ. Wow. That was the most intense dread I have ever experienced in a horror film. I enjoyed the first smile when that one initially came out. I thought it was a cool concept and well executed, but this one knocked it out of the goddamn park. I don’t even think I’ll be able to rewatch it for a LONG, long while. I felt every emotion deep in my goddamn chest, and that sense of dread. Wow. At first I was kinda iffy about the main character, but as the story progressed her acting won me over very quickly. I thought the mole on her lip kinda making a smile was kinda cool also.  as far as technical aspects go this movie was INSANE. The sound design was brilliantly done. Massive props to the people involved. The gore was very, very well done aswell. Definitely a fantastic movie. Spoilery stuff for the people who care I absolutely loved to see Lewis. He was hilariously well acted, and you can’t help but feel sO Bad for the guy. His death was also INSANE????? That gore was so wonderfully done, and even though I was prepared as soon as he picked up that weight, once again the sound design simply blew me right away.  Also, the main character’s coping mechanism of drinking water made me insanely thirsty for water, and a long ass shot of just skidmarked underwear on the ground made me pause the movie and laugh like the immature fuck I am. Later in the movie there’s this argument scene, fully exposing what led to the death of her ex boyfriend and I absolutely felt that moment in my soul. BRILLIANTLY brilliantly done. As someone who is extremely mentally ill and doomed from the start this movie captured that in the most heartwrenching way.   From the moment the main character wakes up in rehab, the movie simply shifts to unrelenting horror. The mother’s smile, her death, the reveal of the glass in her hand. Jesus CHRIST! And it only gets WORSE!!  I LOVED Gemma. I fully believed they captured the essence of a friendship like that so perfectly but oh MY GOD. OH MY G O D WHEN SHE CALLED HER?????? I screamed out loud. I was SO infuriated, thinking that for ONCE this film would have a happy end, that they’d make it and it’s all gonna go over well. It didn’t. And holy shit. Ain’t that just real life.  I LOVED the guy whose brother died also, can’t remember his name cause I’m in an awesome movie induced brain fog atm but he was such a fun character and I trusted him. Also the implications of the end of the movie are genuinely HORRIFIC to me like oh my god. There’s gonna be no damn teenage girls left on the planet.  I kinda liked that this movie and the last strayed away from showing a smile demon suicide to multiple people juST to reveal what the hell would happen at THAT scale. RAAAAH this movie was so wonderfully made.