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Smile (2022) is a supernatural psychological horror film about a therapist who is hunted by a malicious entity that feeds on trauma and forces its victims to die by suicide after seeing a terrifying, unnatural grin.Here is a quick recap of the plot and themes:The PlotThe Incident: Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) works in a psychiatric emergency ward. One day, she treats a graduate student named Laura, who is hysterical and claims a sinister, smiling entity is stalking her after she witnessed her professor's brutal suicide.The Curse: Laura suddenly kills herself with a chilling smile on her face right in front of Rose.The Descent: Rose begins experiencing horrifying visions and sees everyday people staring at her with wide, grotesque smiles. She realizes the phenomenon is a chain reaction: it passes to whoever witnesses a suicide, and the new victim usually dies within a week.The Investigation: Aided by her ex-boyfriend and police detective Joel, Rose traces the bloody chain of previous victims and discovers the entity feeds on trauma. She learns there might be a dark way to break the cycle by passing the curse onto someone else through violence, but she ultimately refuses to hurt an innocent person.Core ThemesContagious Trauma: The smiling entity acts as a literal manifestation of unaddressed trauma and guilt, specifically echoing Rose's childhood trauma regarding her mother's death.Psychological Decay: The film explores how terror and isolation erode a person's grip on reality, making it difficult for Rose to convince the people around her that the threat is real