Smile (2005)
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Plot Summary
The magic of rural China confines Lin to a world of quiet hardship, longing to understand a life without fear or shame. Katie's pampered life in Malibu challenges her to seek something more. An adventure brings their worlds together, their lives forever changed. Based on real events, SMILE is an uplifting story powerfully told and beautifully acted that will inspire your soul and warm your heart.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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15%- Reviews Counted: 13
- Fresh: 2
- Rotten: 11
- Average Rating: 4.0/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: Well-meaning but dramatically lopsided tearjerker bogs down in generic teen angst and domestic squabbling.
Rotten: Smile is like a dose of cod liver oil: It may be good for you, but it's no fun.
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.
Rotten: Overall, it's pretty elementary stuff, along the lines of a Disney Channel TV movie.
Customer Reviews
Awesome!
This is such a good movie! It has it's weird parts but overall it's fantastic!!! I love it and hope you will too!! It may just be because I love Asia but any teen would enjoy!!
Inspirational.
This was an amazing movie. Although the beginning could be considered shallow. Towards the end, when they are in China, its truly inspiring. I highly recommend it, if you want something that could be something so inspirational to a person, seeing how far medical training has come. Changing peoples lives.
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