Smiley Face

Plot

After a young actress unknowingly eats her roommate's pot cupcakes, her day becomes a series of misadventures.

Release Year: 2007

Rating: 5.6/10 (8,483 voted)

Critic's Score: 71/100

Director:
Gregg Araki

Stars: Anna Faris, John Krasinski, Adam Brody

Storyline
After a young actress unknowingly eats her roommate's pot cupcakes, her day becomes a series of misadventures.

Cast:

Anna Faris
–

Jane F.

Roscoe Lee Browne
–

Himself

(voice)

Danny Masterson
–

Steve the Roomate

Ben Falcone
–

Agent

Adam Brody
–

Steve the Dealer

Brian Posehn
–

Bus Driver

Rick Hoffman
–

Angry Face

Matthew J. Evans
–

Bobby

(as Matthew Evans)

Davenia McFadden
–

Bus Passenger

Joey Diaz
–

Security Guard

(as Joey Coco Diaz)

Jim Rash
–

Casting Assistant

Jayma Mays
–

Actress in Waiting Room

Jane Lynch
–

Casting Director

John Krasinski
–

Brevin

Kai Cofer
–

Man with Weird Beard

Taglines:
High. How are you?

Release Date: 16 January 2008

Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

Opening Weekend: $5,993
(USA)
(18 November 2007)
(1 Screen)

Gross: $179,381
(Worldwide)
(10 February 2008)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

USA: 88 min
(Sundance Film Festival)

Did You Know?

Trivia:

This film's working title was "Mary Warner", and Winona Ryder was attached at one point.

Goofs:

Continuity:
When Brevin's car is broken into the passenger window is smashed but in wide shots the window is intact.

Quotes:

Jane F.:
It's really bright out, officer.

Officer Jones:
Would you mind removing your hand from your forehead?

Jane F.:
It's really bright out.

User Review

The best film at Sundance

Rating: 10/10


I'm not a pothead, and I don't watch pothead movies. So a story about a
girl who gets stoned, and then gets even more stoned wouldn't normally
grab me. But film festivals put you in a situation where you watch
movies that wouldn't normally interest you. Usually, that's a disaster,
but in the case of "Smiley Face," I couldn't have been more pleasantly
surprised.

"Smiley Face" gives us one of the most lovable protagonists I've ever
seen in a movie. Jane (Ana Faris) is high the entire movie, even in
flashbacks, and thus is happy and childlike just about every time we
see her (except when she's paranoid). Most movie characters would
breeze through the minor conflicts Jane has to face, but her
pot-induced mental disability turns cooking butter into a nearly
impossible task. And that's part of what makes her so endearing.