Fresh
Sure, it's mushy, but you can't make a movie called Smile and not be at least a wee bit saccharine about your intentions.
Peter Debruge, Miami Herald
Smile
Celebrate the Incredible Strength of Humanity.
2005 · 1h 47m · PG-13 Drama, Family
Overview
Introduced to a volunteer opportunity with the Doctor's Gift Program, Katie (Mika Boorem) signs up for a trip to China, where she meets Lin (Yi Ding), a girl with whom she shares a birthday. Lin has a facial deformity that discourages her from ever showing her face, but her friendship with Katie helps her start to see life in a new way.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
15%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This movie's so filled with admirable intentions that they practically spill onto the screen before it starts.
Gene Seymour, Newsday
Rotten
There's little doubt that a nonfiction film would have been more powerful than this strained drama, which offers a Malibu brat as the audience's point of identification.
Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
Overall, it's pretty elementary stuff, along the lines of a Disney Channel TV movie.
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
Well-meaning but dramatically lopsided tearjerker bogs down in generic teen angst and domestic squabbling.
Justin Chang, Variety
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