Scarier, gorier, and funnier than the original, Smile 2 will have you grinning ear to ear while watching between your fingers.

"Smile 2" takes the simplicity of the 2022 horror hit and blows it up, big. Naomi Scott plays a Taylor Swift-like pop star trapped in a deadly curse.

This sequel goes in a newish direction. This time, the anguished center of the narrative is a musician about to launch a massive world tour.

Filmmaker Parker Finn and his magnetic star, Naomi Scott, mesmerize and shock for almost two hours before logic takes a dive.

Sequel to 2022 smash takes on modern pop stardom to unsettling effect.

Naomi Scott's pop star is haunted by a smiling entity in Parker Finn's horror sequel. Read the Empire review.

Naomi Scott is a traumatized pop star in Parker Finn's 'Smile 2.' Read IndieWire's review.

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Returning writer-director Parker Finn kicks up the creativity with a screenplay set in the pop world, as a celebrity finds herself stalked, and not only by f...

Finn loves faces, the ones twisted by evil, and the ones shattered by fright.

Follow-up to the 2022 horror hit puts a post-rehab female singer through the ringer, then hits 'repeat' on the creepy-grin button.

Writer-director Parker Finn's 'Smile 2' is a near-perfect sequel in terms of go-for-broke intensity and one-upmanship.

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"Smile 2" stars Naomi Scott as a pop star who gets infected with the demonic curse from the first film, resulting in a horrifying and funny trip.

The superior horror sequel centers on Naomi Scott's Skye Riley, a global pop sensation who contracts the franchise's smile-fueled curse.

What starts off as a thoughtful thriller set in the world of pop stardom winds up mired in the usual horror-movie clichés.