Smiley Face

Yes, that is the actual name of the movie I went to see at a free screening last week with Jimmy. It's starring Anna Faris from the Scary Movie series, John Krasinki from The Office, and John Cho from Harold and Kumar.

The movie is about Anna Faris being stoned. And that is literally it.

The movie is narrated in a flashback style, and recounts all of the rather mundane things that Faris does before ending up stranded on top of a Ferris wheel (Ferris/Faris get it?). There were really no exciting moments that jumped out at me, aside from the fact that she was stoned. The entire time. However, the movie does seem to fully capture the embodiment of being high. We actually get to see and hear the experiences of Faris from her perspective as she feels the effects of being high (ie. enhanced senses, inability to THINK etc.), which I thought was a nice touch. But other than that, the movie was pretty much just plain BAD.

It moved incredibly slow, there was little to no plot, and the acting was mediocre. I mean come on, how hard is it to pretend to be stoned? Or maybe she wasn't pretending, it's hard to tell. The theme behind the movie was played out as well (think Half-Baked, Harold and Kumar). The ending of the movie was a tragedy, and seemed to strangely convey the message "DON'T SMOKE WEED."

I strongly DO NOT recommend this movie. Hopefully, it goes straight to DVD and nobody else has to sit through this 1 hr. 24 min. bore. You are much better off waiting for Harold and Kumar 2.

The moral of the story is don't get high, and don't watch this movie. But if you insist on watching this movie, then please do get high prior to viewing.