Smile 2

Name: Smile 2
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: October 18, 2024
Duration: 127 min
Rating: 67

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: October 18, 2024 | R

Summary: About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 127 min

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Beatrice Loayza

Oct 17, 2024

Smile 2, directed by Parker Finn, is more thematically ambitious than the original, which also allows Finn to stage more satisfyingly ridiculous kills and ramp up its air of delirium Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Oct 21, 2024

The special effects are bracingly revolting, the malevolent smiles as creepy as ever. And the film has the added bonus of some killer choreography, in every sense of the word. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Oct 18, 2024

To be fair, “Smile 2” does lose some of its many thematic threads about how fans feel like they own pop stars and how so many of them are asked to bury their trauma and just smile, but enough remain in the foundation of the piece to get it across the finish line. Read full review

A.A. Dowd

Oct 16, 2024

Smile 2 doesn’t quite match its sadistically effective predecessor in the scare department, because once you’ve seen one phantom doppelganger grinning like the Cheshire Cat, you’ve seen them all. But the movie works as a nasty portrait of the downside of music-biz fame, and it builds to an ending deserving of every crooked smile it earns. Read full review

David Rooney

Oct 16, 2024

Smile 2 confirms Finn as a gifted visual stylist who has an assured hand with his actors. He perhaps just needs to back off a little from the misconception that more is more and maintain a greater focus on his story skills. Read full review

Whelan Barzey

Oct 17, 2024

It’s tamer than its deeply unsettling predecessor, but still unhinged enough to keep you nicely on edge. Read full review

Screen Rant Patrice Witherspoon

Oct 16, 2024

Even though it doesn’t take its own storyline seriously enough, Smile 2 is entertaining. Don’t expect the horror film to have the best commentary on mental health issues, but be ready for some jump-scare fun. Read full review

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