farce directed
by : Gregg Araki featuring
: Anna Faris - Danny Masterson - Adam Brody - Jane Lynch - John Krasinski running
time : 1 hour 24 minutes
One woman's day goes
all to pot in this resinous comedy from independent filmmaker Gregg Araki.
Jane (Anna Faris) is a college dropout and aspiring actress who suffers
from a certain lack of ambition, doubtless reinforced by her fondness for
marijuana. One morning, Jane wakes with a busy day ahead of her -- she
has a big audition, she has to pay the electric bill on her apartment to
prevent the power from being shut off, and she needs to pick up some pot
after paying her debt to her dealer -- and decides to take the edge off
her anxieties by getting a little stoned. Under the influence, the cupcakes
her roommate Steve (Danny Masterson) has made for his friends to enjoy
at the weekend's Sci-Fi convention look too good to resist, and she gobbles
them down. What Jane doesn't realize until it's too late is that the baked
goods were laced with some especially strong marijuana, and what starts
as a pleasant buzz turns into a world-class high that refuses to go away.
As Jane struggles to make her way through the day, fate keeps throwing
her into strange and surreal situations involving police officers, Steve's
lovesick best friend, and a rare original manuscript of The Communist Manifesto.
Smiley Face also stars Adam Brody, John Krasinski, Jane Lynch, Michael
Hitchcock, John Cho and Roscoe Lee Browne.
