Smiley Face (2007)

Cautiously Recommended

USA/Germany

Feature Film

Director: Gregg Araki

Writer: Dylan Haggerty

Cinematographer: Shawn Kim

Composer: David Kitay

Cast: Anna Faris, John Krasinski, Danny Masterson, Adam Brody, John Cho, Danny Trejo, Jane Lynch, Michael Hitchcock, Marion Ross

In Araki’s unevenly entertaining picaresque comedy, a perma-stoned struggling actress, played credibly by Faris, eats her roommate’s cupcakes in a fit of the munchies, not knowing that they were laced with marijuana, and suddenly finds herself more stoned than she’s ever been before – one thing leads to another, and before you know it she is sat atop a Ferris wheel, furnitureless, phoneless, and holding a very valuable and very stolen manuscript. Iain.Stott