Smiley Face (film)
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| Directed by | Gregg Araki |
| Produced by | Gregg Araki Steve Golin Alix Madigan-Yorkin Kevin Turen Henry Winterstern |
| Written by | Dylan Haggerty |
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Anna Faris Danny Masterson Adam Brody John Krasinski Jayma Mays Marion Ross Jane Lynch |
| Narrated by | Roscoe Lee Browne |
| Music by | David Kitay |
| Cinematography | Shawn Kim |
| Edited by | Gregg Araki |
| Distributed by | First Look International |
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84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $179,381 |
Smiley Face is a 2007 comedy film written by Dylan Haggerty and directed and co-produced by Gregg Araki. It stars Anna Faris as a young woman who has a series of misadventures after eating a small number of cupcakes laced with cannabis. The supporting cast includes Danny Masterson, John Krasinski, Adam Brody, Jayma Mays, Marion Ross, Jane Lynch, and Roscoe Lee Browne in his final film. This was the ninth feature film directed by Araki.
The story describes an eventful day in the life of Jane F, an unambitious young actress who enjoys smoking cannabis and lives in a Los Angeles apartment with her nerdy, somewhat disturbing roommate Steve. Jane's fateful day begins when she unknowingly consumes an entire plate full of cannabis-laced cupcakes. Realizing her mistake, she makes a list of tasks she must achieve, and how she plans to make them happen. What follows is a relentless stream of disasters caused by Jane's intoxication.
Smiley Face premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, followed by a very small theatrical release; in Los Angeles it had a week long run at the Nuart Theatre in Santa Monica. The film was released to DVD on January 8, 2008. Nathan Lee in his review for the Village Voice wrote that "...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." It also toured around British cinemas in the summer of 2008 as part of the 22nd London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
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