Smile 2 Review: Parker Finn's Horror Sequel Is Possibly The Best Genre Surprise Of The Year
Expanding lore is a key element in horror sequels, and it’s something that I pondered heavily going into my screening of writer/director Parker Finn’s Smile 2. Revisiting the original in the days before,
‘Smile 2’ Review: Parker Finn’s Bigger, Messier and Superior Sequel Is a Blueprint for a Very Elastic Horror Franchise
Few entertainment assets are more valuable than a long-running horror franchise. Quite a few scary movies are made every year, and a decent amount of those spawn sequels. But a truly iconic character can carry a studio to horror nirvana,
‘Smile 2’ Review: An Intense Naomi Scott Takes On Sequel To 2022 Horror Hit That Just Feels Like More Of The Same
That may be, but Smile 2, at a bloated running time of 2 hours and 7 minutes, is basically just following the template of the original which dealt with a metaphysical being inhabiting its victims in the form of a human with a haunting smile on their face ...
‘Smile 2’ Review: Horror Sequel Gleefully Finds New Ways to Terrify
"Smile 2" stars Naomi Scott as a pop star who gets infected with the demonic curse from the first film, resulting in a horrifying and funny trip.
‘Smile 2' Review: A Skillfully Disquieting Sequel Turns the Life of a Pop Star Into a Horror Ride of Mental Breakdown
"Smile 2" is a flash-cut horror parable, but the story it's telling is that pop fame makes you crazy. Though the movie is hardly subtle, Parker Finn has become a clever enough filmmaker to make reality feel like a hallucination and hallucinations feel like reality.
Review: 'Smile 2' flirts with gross-out horror masterpiece status
The annals of movie sequels superior to originals, heretofore consisting of “The Godfather, Part II” and “Spider-Man 2,” just expanded. “Smile 2,” filmmaker Parker Finn’s audacious follow-up to his 2022 breakout hit “Smile,
‘Smile 2’ review: Sequel builds on what worked in hit predecessor
It would be easy to dismiss “Smile” as just another seasonal scare-fest.
Smile 2 Review: An Intense, Masterfully Crafted Sequel
He returns to this series with Smile 2. But if there’s anything Joker: Folie á Deux taught us, it’s that just because a movie made a ton of money the first time, lightning doesn’t always strike twice.
Smile 2 Is Doing More Viral Marketing, But One Actor Got Caught Breaking Character In A Funny Way
It’s a funny moment for the Smile 2 marketing campaign, which has proved very effective in the past. It was a great pick to ...
Critics Have Seen Smile 2, And They’re Beaming Over The ‘Memorably Disturbing’ Sequel
Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting would tend to agree, noting that Smile 2 goes bigger and scarier, and also rating it 4 ...
'Smile 2' is bigger in every way. That's not necessarily a good thing
"Smile 2" takes the simplicity of the 2022 horror hit and blows it up, big. Naomi Scott plays a Taylor Swift-like pop star ...
Box Office: ‘Smile 2’ Aims to Carve Out $20 Million in Opening Weekend
"Smile 2," a sequel to Paramount's creepy 2022 thriller, is hoping to put a grin on the face of despondent movie theater ...
‘Smile 2’ review: A pop star’s lot is not a happy one
The first “Smile,” from writer-director Parker Finn, came out in 2022, and in a less promising directorial debut its premise ...
Movie Review: 'Smile 2' nicely targets pop star fame with the terrific Naomi Scott
Smile 2” lands as unsettling grins are plastered on pumpkins and politicians alike as we approach Halloween and Election Day ...
"Smile 2" actors Naomi Scott, Ray Nicholson and Rosemarie DeWitt on continuing movie's eerie legacy
Following the success of its predecessor, "Smile 2" returns with a chilling story of a deadly curse as pop star Skye Riley, ...
'Smile 2' and 'We Live in Time' are among the new movies in Milwaukee this week
Also new in Milwaukee theaters: "Goodrich," "Blink," "Panda Plan," the Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival, sports movies at the ...