Review of Smile (2005) by Jon Strickland for L.A. Weekly — 23 Mar 2011
If the dialectics here are strictly Hallmark, the film is lifted by some nice location work - all of the Chinese scenes are shot around Shanghai - and deepened somewhat by the bleak depiction of the emotional lives of Katie, her family and her friends.
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This review of Smile (2005) was written by Jon Strickland and published by L.A. Weekly on 23 Mar 2011.
Smile has generally received mixed reviews.
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