Mostly tepid filler.
In the first 15 minutes you understand the entire plot of the movie. The next 90 minutes are repeated scenes of either the main character trying to explain to people that she's not crazy, or scenes of her investigating and uncovering absolutely no new information. Those scenes are occasionally interrupted by visions with jumpscares. That's it. That's the movie.
I'm really not sure what we're meant to be scared of. The smile is about as ineffective as it was in "Truth or Dare" and the visions don't hurt you unless you're clumsy and hurt yourself by accident.
Then the ending happens and it's as generic as you can get nowadays. Smile clearly tried to take the high road in some sense and be a step above those stupid horrors with teenagers partying which is commendable. Being boring isn't better than being stupid though.
I'm really not sure what we're meant to be scared of. The smile is about as ineffective as it was in "Truth or Dare" and the visions don't hurt you unless you're clumsy and hurt yourself by accident.
Then the ending happens and it's as generic as you can get nowadays. Smile clearly tried to take the high road in some sense and be a step above those stupid horrors with teenagers partying which is commendable. Being boring isn't better than being stupid though.
- Monolight
- Dec 18, 2022