Blood and gore is infrequent but when it happens there is lots of it. Only 2-3 main scenes that show it. The film contains scenes in which human characters and supernatural creatures are engaged in violent struggles which include stabbings and being set alight.
The movie focuses on mental health and trauma and it does that very well. Not for the easily rattled, lots of gore and jump-scares. I would not recommend for kids.
Smile is rated R by the MPAA for strong violent content and grisly images, and language. Violence: People are seen cutting, stabbing, and burning themselves and others. A dead cat is shown. Corpses are seen bearing a variety of grisly injuries.
Despite the happy-sounding title, the movie Smile is not for children. It is a very graphic horror movie that shows several mutilated bodies in all their gory detail.
“A smile can hide the pain, but it cannot make it disappear.” “Smiling doesn't always mean you're happy. It can also mean you're strong enough to face your pain.”
The rarest smile type is the complex smile, with only an estimated 2% of the population possessing this smile. This smile is rare because it requires three muscle groups to work simultaneously when smiling.
Smile's messy treatment of mental illness and trauma throughout one hour fifty-five minutes seems to be intentional and is bound to leave you feeling uncomfortable. The theme of inheriting mental illness and walking down a path that you have lived dreading all your life is poignant.
The deleted scene doesn't center on its titular creepy grins, however. Instead, it shows the relationship between Rose and her ex Joel (Kyle Gallner) as the latter comforts her through the traumatic events of the film.
It's often the villainous or evil characters that sport scary and horrific smiles, but there are some specific cases in which it comes from a beloved source.
The movie focuses on mental health and trauma and it does that very well. Not for the easily rattled, lots of gore and jump-scares. I would not recommend for kids.
Violence includes a corpse with the face removed, a teen mutilating her own face by slicing through her skin in several places, a depiction of self-harm to stay awake, implied sexual assault, and a couple of fights with mildly bloody injuries shown.
This film is far from as graphic and disturbing as Ari Aster's “Hereditary” and “Midsommar,” but there are still some disturbing scenes that make members of the audience want to plug their ears and squeeze their eyes shut. The jump scares are also intense but there aren't so many as to overdo it.
Visibility of the Bottom Teeth: If you can see the person's bottom teeth you can, in fact, tell they are pushing their lips too far apart and making the smile more fake than genuine. The zygomatic muscles are not moving as they should be, and they are probably faking a “cheesy” smile to look good for the camera.
If you fake a smile to keep from dealing with your feelings or the things that are making you sad, or if you think of a forced smile only as a trick to make you happy, this can make you feel worse in the long run.
The film sustains a strong sense of foreboding and threat throughout, with central themes of trauma and death. There are frequent jump scares and some very strong violence. This movie is incredibly scary and disturbing at the same time.
The MPAA rating has been assigned for “strong violent content and grisly images, and language.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes a couple of kisses and hugs, many scenes of gruesome suicides and attempted murders including a man gutting himself with garden sheers, a woman setting herself on fire and a woman ...
Smile, by Raina Telgemeier - wonderful graphic novel for ages 9 - 13. So many kids are drawn to graphic novels and comic books - they love how visually stimulating they are, they love the laughs and the drama. They love reading books with fewer words but all the ideas!
TV-MA Mature Audience Only This program is specifically designed to be viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17. This program contains one or more of the following: graphic violence (V), explicit sexual activity (S), or crude indecent language (L).
What does U mean? The U symbol stands for Universal. A U film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over. However, it is impossible to predict what might upset a particular child, especially at this lower end of the category range.
Can a 19 year old take a 13 year old to a rated R movie?
R: Restricted - Under 17 requires accompanying parent or guardian. Children under 17 are not allowed to attend R-rated movies unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian 25 years of age or older.
