Smile

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Smile

PG-13,

2005,

1h 47m,

Drama

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While visiting China, an American high-school student (Mika Boorem) befriends a teenager (Yi Ding) who has a facial deformity.

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Peter Debruge

Miami Herald

Aug 26, 2005

2.5/4

Sure, it's mushy, but you can't make a movie called Smile and not be at least a wee bit saccharine about your intentions.

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Gene Seymour

Newsday

Apr 21, 2005

3/4

This movie's so filled with admirable intentions that they practically spill onto the screen before it starts.

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Sheri Linden

The Hollywood Reporter

Apr 8, 2005

There's little doubt that a nonfiction film would have been more powerful than this strained drama, which offers a Malibu brat as the audience's point of identification.

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Laura Kelly

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Aug 26, 2005

1.5/4

However worthy the sentiment, this one won't leave viewers with a smile.

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Jeff Vice

Deseret News (Salt Lake City)

Aug 5, 2005

1.5/4

This drama, which was bankrolled by the people behind the international Operation Smile program, has the best of intentions. But it's so painfully earnest that it becomes insufferable.

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Sean P. Means

Salt Lake Tribune

Aug 5, 2005

1.5/4

Good cause, bad movie.

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Hermione P

Dec 30, 2018

I really enjoyed this movie. I live in L.A. and am very familiar with the type of Malibu suburban family shown in the film. The film shows the extreme contrast between the circumstances of a Chinese family who has a teenage girl exactly the same age as the Malibu family. The video of Shanghai was fascinating. And the story was simple but very engaging. I think that the critics may not have been impressed as this is a simple movie. But it's very enjoyable, positive, and I learned a lot. It's more a film for the audience than for critics.

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Jeffrey Kramer

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Mika Boorem

Katie

Luoyong Wang

Daniel

Yi Ding

Ling

Beau Bridges

Steven

Linda Hamilton

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Synopsis

While visiting China, an American high-school student (Mika Boorem) befriends a teenager (Yi Ding) who has a facial deformity.

Director: Jeffrey Kramer
Producer: Kern Konwiser, Kip Konwiser
Screenwriter: Jeffrey Kramer
Distributor: Innovation Film Group
Production Co: Dark Forest LLC
Rating: PG-13 (Mature Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 8, 2005, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 18, 2016
Runtime: 1h 47m

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