Basically a sketch padded out to feature length, the film constantly hovers on the edge between amiable and annoying.
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12/17/07
Smiley Face (2007)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:21
Rotten:13
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: Although many of the jokes have been done before, Anna Faris's bright performance and Gregg Araki's sharp direction make Smiley Face more than your average stoner comedy.
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Jane F., an unsuccessful slacker actress, is having a bad day. And it’s getting more outrageous and comically surreal by the minute. Smiley Face is a freewheeling, cinematically stylized After... [More]
Starring: Anna Faris, Adam Brody, John Krasinski, Danny Masterson
Director: Gregg Araki
Reviews for Smiley Face
A tedious, empty-headed stoner film focusing on a female pothead, who's limited to one facial expression and lines such as "I'm totally vibing on you, dude," has arrived just in time to greet the New Year. Santa must have thought we were very, very bad.
12/13/07
A fast-moving, surprisingly varied take on a pretty standard concept: It’s basically Martin Scorsese’s After Hours Lite, as told by Cheech and Chong.
11/19/07
An unabashed valentine to Anna Faris, an opportunity for the actress to show that she can carry a movie composed of often hilarious nonstop misadventures.
11/16/07
Top CriticWith a madcap script by Dylan Haggerty and a bubbly and inventive performance from Anna Faris, as well as a succinct running time, Smiley Face manages to sustain itself, and only the hard-hearted and humorless would feel that it overstays its welcome.
11/16/07
amusingly off-kilter
11/15/07
It's, at best, half-baked.
11/15/07
It’s a blast.
11/15/07
Viewers who like midnight movies will be disappointed by this trifle.
07/01/07
The storyline is slight and the film succeeds only because of Faris's performance.
04/04/07
A pure, mostly dumb comedy, it's the tale of one impossibly out-of-it girl, Anna Faris' Jane F., who spends her day stumbling from mishap to mishap in an effort to avoid her drug dealer's wrath.
03/16/07
Top CriticThe jokes have been done before and better. It's incredibly tedious.
03/13/07
A decent diversion for those who are into comedies that are different than your standard fare. The visuals are great, the comedy is new and refreshing.
01/30/07
In Faris, pic has a comedienne with the ability to wring endless variations on a limited theme (the 'I'm-so-baked' one) and she pretty much single-handedly compensates for anything lacking.
01/27/07
Top CriticGregg Araki's latest foray into the slacker underbelly of suburban L.A., Smiley Face, has a wonderful performance by Anna Faris and one of the all-time great stoner monologues in movie history.
01/24/07
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