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I Smile Back

6.1R

MovieDrama20151h 25m

Love desperately, live recklessly.

Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the façade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful root of her destructiveness and its crumbling effect on those she loves.

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Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the façade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful root of her destructiveness and its crumbling effect on those she loves.

Directed by
Adam Salky
Written by
Amy Koppelman, Paige Dylan
Genres
Drama
Released
October 23, 2015
Runtime
1h 25m
Status
Released
Language
English
Countries
United States of America
Studios
Koppelman-Levien, Egoli Tossell Film
Budget
$495,000
Box office
$63,373
  • Sarah SilvermanLaney Brooks
  • Josh CharlesBruce Brooks
  • Thomas SadoskiDonny
  • Skylar GaertnerEli Brooks
  • Chris SarandonRoger
  • Terry KinneyDr. Page
  • MMia BarronSusan
  • Shayne ColemanJaney Brooks
  • Kristin GriffithNurse Pauline
  • Nick TaylorGuard
  • SSean RedaHenry
  • Cynthia DarlowMrs. Kosinski
  • Clark JacksonMr. Odesky
  • Brian KoppelmanDavid Blackman
  • Emma IshtaKatrina
  • Oona LaurenceDaisy
  • MMike SharitsBartender
  • Mia KatigbakMrs. Mattingly
  • Gregory DannQuaker State
  • KKevin AbernethyRestaurant Patron (uncredited)

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  • Reno★ 7August 18, 2016
    > How should an ideal mother behave when she's haunted by her bad past. The film is about a small family of two little kids and their parents, but all the focus was on the mother who is a drug addict and struggling with mental illness, yet care a lot for her children. But how long this happy family stays that way is the film going to reveal in its entire narration. Based on the book of the same name, half a mil…Read more

    > How should an ideal mother behave when she's haunted by her bad past. The film is about a small family of two little kids and their parents, but all the focus was on the mother who is a drug addict and struggling with mental illness, yet care a lot for her children. But how long this happy family stays that way is the film going to reveal in its entire narration. Based on the book of the same name, half a million budget film, has a decent cast who have given their best for it. This is not a film you watch to enjoy, but a film about the families around us. This is a depiction of the real world story, like not all the families are happier as we see them from the outside. There are some secrets in them, which sets a bad example for their own children once they come to know the true nature of their parents. But some would decide to fight hard to make everything come back to the normal and some won't. That is where film derives, how it all ends makes this film unique from the other similar ones. I think this film was decent with an important topic. Not everyone would end up happy with their watch, because the story won't end up as they thought. The novel was written by a woman, so this is a woman's perspective tale and quite neatly told story. Not a bad direction or the screenplay, surprising the production quality was too good. Seems it is a quite family type film for involving kids, certainly the theme was very strong, so definitely for adults only. It is neither worth nor a waste of time, only if you come across to it and has no other choice, you can give it try. 6.5/10

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