I rule me.

Smile 2 – 4/5

I can't wholly say it's quite as good as its forebear, but boy oh boy does it have fun with the world that's been created. Naomi Scott is an absolute revelation in the role, from wearing the role of pop star authentically (arguably one of the harder acting roles anyone can ever do?) to the ability to say 'fuck!' in every variation of the word. From what I can remember from 1, I saw it to be about how trauma never leaves you, no matter how hard you try, and here the same but more focused on how no one quite believes what you're going through. It's a disease that isolates you. We all experience it, but totally alone. They don't recognize you—and you don't recognize yourself from the person you were just yesterday. So keep moving forward, keep smiling through the pain. "It gets better." (Maybe.) Beyond that, Parker Finn takes the premise to a bigger place by simply having fun. The gore is scarier, the monster is more ridiculous, the trauma is a dance routine!!!, the final death in front of all those people. Chef's kiss.