The debutant effort from Walter Hill. Walter Hill is best known for his directing, but he was one of the dominant screenwriting voices of Hollywood in the 1970s, his work
… a format-bending cinematic artwork ...
… a rich, moving and complex story of love and hope; the film merely lacks the depth to properly convey it.
… weaves a spellbinding portrait of love and perseverance.
... a real achievement.
The writer/director has one of the best received (horror) debuts of the year with Smile.
An intimate, personal story that somehow feels revolutionary …
… poetic, hypnotic and fascinating …