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Laura Smiles

Play trailer Poster for Laura Smiles R,  2005,  1h 38m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 47% 15 Reviews Tomatometer 54% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
47% Tomatometer 15 Reviews 54% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Repressed memories start to resurface for an unhappy housewife in suburbia.

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Andrew Sarris Observer Aug 8, 2007
Ms. Wright and all her acting colleagues provide very persuasive performances amid the shifting perspectives of Mr. Ruscio's convoluted storytelling. Go to Full Review
Mark Olsen Los Angeles Times Aug 2, 2007
2/5
Ruscio would rather add forced narrative complications than get to the actual core of what he's tossing out there, the sacrifices made in the name of relationships, dreams dashed or discarded. Go to Full Review
Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Aug 2, 2007
B+
The movie Little Children wanted to be. Go to Full Review
Scott Foundas L.A. Weekly Aug 2, 2007
It casts an increasingly hypnotic spell, thanks in no small measure to Wright - a fearless actress (and the real-life wife of writer-director Ruscio) who brings this sometimes despicable, often heartbreaking character to life with every atom of her being. Go to Full Review
Brian Orndorf eFilmCritic.com Jul 30, 2007
C-
The film hardly registers as an open-wound document of a spirit more lost than she cares to confront. Instead, Laura Smiles exists somewhere in the middle, frozen by its pretension and incapacity to engage. Go to Full Review
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Anakin W Mar 25, 2008 It's an interesting profile in self-destruction until the script becomes unhinged itself and has Laura doing things that are not so much outrageous as hilariously stupid. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Jason Ruscio

Director

Petra Wright

Laura

Kip Pardue

Chris

Jonathan Silverman

Paul

Mark Derwin

Mark

Ted Hartley

Therapist

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Laura Smiles

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Movie Info

Synopsis Repressed memories start to resurface for an unhappy housewife in suburbia.
Director
Jason Ruscio
Producer
Richard Arthur, Joe Di Maio, Ted Hartley
Screenwriter
Jason Ruscio
Production Co
LS Productions
Rating
R (Brief Violence|Sexual Content|Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.1K
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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