Smile writer-director Parker Finn characterizes the two endings of his film as an attempt to get ahead of audiences' expectations.
In the end, Smile has all three of those endings. Rose brutally stabs a terrified patient to death at her hospital in front of her screaming boss, Morgan (Kal Penn). But that turns out to be a dream she's having while passed out in her car in front of the hospital, and she flees the hospital and Morgan in horror.
So, the entity uses Rose's body to pour gasoline all over the psychiatrist, lighting a match just as Joel comes through the door. Rose's body is smiling while she burns away, and we can see in Joel's eyes he will be scarred for life by that disturbing suicide.
The ending of the film is particularly sad since it proves that as soon as Joel agrees to help Rose figure out what's happening, he isn't able to extract himself from her, and he will never break free. It's amazing to think that Joel makes the seemingly small decision to be there for Rose and this is what happens.
The ending of the movie Smile reveals that Rose defeating and heading to Joel's place was all a hallucination. In reality, she's still in her childhood home and gets consumed by the entity. Joel tracks Rose and shows up at the house only to witness her burn herself to death, passing the curse on to him.
Fully possessed by the demon, Rose douses herself in gasoline and sets herself on fire — just as the real Joel bursts inside her home and witnesses her death, becoming the next victim.
Rose utters a loud scream, prompting Joel to break down the door and enter the house. Once in, Rose greets Joel with a sinister smile and burns herself, eventually passing on the curse to him, and the pattern continues. The evil spirit grows stronger and more dangerous as it feeds on its victims' fears and trauma.
As Joel walks in, Rose is wearing that familiar creepy smile and has covered herself in gasoline – about to light a match. So no, Rose does not survive in Smile and even worse, it seems the curse has found a way to keep itself going, with Joel now presumably set to be its next victim.
The Smile Entity as it strangles Rose, and its most infamous quote. You can't escape your own mind, Rose. The Smile Entity, also called The Monstrosity or simply The Smile Demon, is the main antagonist of the 2020 horror short film Laura Hasn't Slept, as well as its 2022 film adaptation/sequel Smile.
Every victim of the curse is chased for days by terrifying people smiling at them: it's a demon who wants to enter their body, but it has to wait for the right moment, with a witness who can look at their suicide. This way, the curse can continue through the witness' trauma in an infinite chain of death.
Up to this point, Smile has revealed that Rose's mother died by suicide and that Rose found the body.
Rose begins experiencing hallucinations induced by the demon. Shortly after, she has trouble finding her cat, Mustache, and its tragic fate is revealed during her nephew's birthday party. The boy opens Rose's present to discover her cat's dead body.
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Usher plays Trevor, Rose's fiancé. While audiences may recognize the actor for his portrayal of A-Train in Amazon's The Boys, he is no stranger to the big screen, having co-starred in such studio films as Independence Day: Resurgence and 2019's Shaft.
Smile 2 has been confirmed by Paramount following the runaway success of the first Smile film, which was released back in September 2022. A sequel to Smile has been confirmed following the incredible success of the first movie.
The film stars Sosie Bacon as a therapist named Rose Cotter, who, after witnessing the bizarre suicide of a patient, goes through increasingly disturbing and daunting experiences, leading her to believe what she is experiencing is supernatural.
“Smile” especially struggles with its un-nuanced depiction of the social consequences of mental illness via the deteriorating relationships of the “insane” — Rose, her suicidal mother, her patients, and the other victims of the evil, leering entity — and the “sane,” represented by Rose's fianceé, her millennial ...
Smile,directed by Parker Finn, chronicles a set stories like these. Before going to the theatres, I'd recommend you take the trigger warnings surrounding suicide and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) very seriously.
Finn says the face at 1:48:20 is a “true look at the evil thing that's been hiding behind all the smiles.” They called the entity Lollipop — thus explaining the use of The Chordettes' “Lollipop” at the start of the end credits — and this is what happens at the end of every cycle as the beast physically enters the ...
Very scary horror. This is an extremely scary, graphic horror movie that should not be taken lightly. I have seen my fair share of horror movies over the years but this one definitely has a different feel to it. It is chilling, unnerving, and very difficult to watch sometimes.
She later found the real killer, Natasha Ozera, after finding Lissa's lost (half) sister, Jillian Mastrano. At the end of Last Sacrifice, Dimitri finally becomes her boyfriend. She is famous for her accomplishments as a novice and as the guardian of Queen Vasilisa Dragomir.
Rose drives back to her ex-boyfriend Joel's house and admits that it was her unacknowledged trauma that led to their breakup and that allowed the entity to overpower her, resulting in Rose vowing to face her fears head-on.
Rose initially panics, but starts smiling evilly, presumably because that her racist beliefs about black people would be right, as Chris would end up acting like a beast. Chris, either now unwilling or too exhausted to kill his former girlfriend, stops strangling her.
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 ...
Walter tricks Rose into giving him the gun. Walter shoots Rose and then he puts a bullet into his own head. Walter does this to end his suffering, suffering of living in the sunken space. Chris goes up to a dying Rose.