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Try_Another_Please t1_iy8uv5z wrote

Reply to comment by cptSleepyFox in Do movies like Smile (2022) further stigmatize mental health? by Alternative-Cold-290

I think its important to remember the genre too and not read too much into the wrong things.

She couldn't break out. The film says nothing about this being true for all. Not everything is a direct metaphor.

It's a horror film. Ideally you will not experience the life of someone in a horror movie

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cptSleepyFox t1_iy8ytw2 wrote

Absolutely. The ending was perfect for its genre. The existential horror of no escape was very effective. Plus the way it ate her....wow

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Alternative-Cold-290 OP t1_iycfbcx wrote

Hahahaha, yeah it was one of the grotesque creatures with her teeth and all, But I enjoyed the fact that how it was all in the mind of the person. It kind a cheapened the whole thing for me.

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Alternative-Cold-290 OP t1_iycf93o wrote

I guess the movie could have elevated itself if it would not have followed the milking route and ended on a different note. I mean her getting rid of her traumas might have given it a different twist. The ending has really undermined the movie.

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