Smile 2 - Reviews

...a suitably silly sequel, in which a pop star becomes the latest victim of the grinning demon who drives victims to suicide.

Like its predecessor, the sequel features stylish art direction, an off-kilter score, topsy-turvy cinematography and weapons-grade jumpscares.

In the superior sequel Smile 2, even pop girlies get the blues.

...the movie works as a nasty portrait of the downside of music-biz fame, and it builds to an ending deserving of every crooked smile it earns.

...a louder, larger, shinier and more ambitious treatment of the first film’s captivating premise, with an impressively ragged turn from Scott, all wrapped up in critique of the entertainment machine.

...horribly entertaining fright sequel.

Parker Finn's horror sequel is possibly the best genre surprise of the year.

Parker Finn’s bigger, messier and superior sequel is a nlueprint for a very elastic horror franchise.

The monster is you in Parker Finn’s funny and disturbing horror sequel.

...this gory horror sequel features surprisingly confident cinematography and sound design, with a vigorous, exhaustive lead performance by Scott.

The pop world is the perfect setting for Smile 2, Parker Finn’s follow-up to his unexpected Ring-ish horror smash from 2022.

Naomi Scott demonstrates her talents with a raw, no-holds-barred performance in this largely successful horror sequel.

Astoundingly, Smileseries creator Parker Finn takes the intriguing but somewhat prosaically expressed conceit of his 2022 surprise smash and makes Smile 2 bigger and scarier in all the right ways.

Yes, there are a few too many jump scares and at least one too many twists, but it’s all forgivable when you think of the true terror in Naomi Scott’s eyes.