Synopsis
Jane, a struggling but perpetually stoned actress, has a busy day ahead. She has several important tasks on her list, including buying more marijuana. Even though she already has a good start on the day's planned drug use, she eats her roommate's pot-laced cupcakes and embarks on a series of misadventures all over Los Angeles.
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Cast
- Anna FarisJane F.
- John KrasinskiBrevin
- Adam BrodySteve the Dealer
- Jane LynchCasting Director
- Roscoe Lee BrowneHimself (voice)
- Danny MastersonSteve the Roommate
- Brian PosehnBus Driver
- Danny TrejoAlbert
- John ChoMikey
- Carrot TopHimself
Recommendations
- 90
Village Voice
On the plus side, 100 percent sober when I watched it, I can say with some authority that Dylan Haggerty has written an eleventh-hour candidate for the funniest movie of 2007, that Gregg Araki has directed his finest film since 1997's "Nowhere," and that Faris, flawless, rocks their inspired idiot odyssey in a virtuoso comedic turn. - 80
L.A. Weekly
Uproarious pothead comedy. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Gregg Araki's delirious Smiley Face is an unabashed valentine to Anna Faris, an opportunity for the actress to show that she can carry a movie composed of often hilarious nonstop misadventures. - 75
The A.V. Club
It's a fittingly loose, shambling little nothing of a comedy that's occasionally inspired, but at least a draft or two short of its potential. Still, it's a pleasure to watch Faris--a gifted, likeable comedian who tends to be the best element of many terrible movies. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Working from a script by TV actor Dylan Haggerty, Araki manages to capture what he's been trying to say all along about the lives of the stoned and indifferent with the kind of effortlessness those earlier attempts sorely lacked. - 70
Film Threat
This movie is all over the place. One giant discombobulated stoner trip that goes from one obscure adventure to another. And you know what? It is quite a fun, odd journey. - 70
The New York Times
Despite its laid-back script, “Smiley Face” is as prankishly political as Mr. Araki’s “Doom Generation,” evincing a deep unease with the media-saturated capitalist nation that Jane crawls inside her bong to escape. - 63
New York Daily News
This is a midnight stoner movie if there ever was one.
