Hide Your Smiling Faces fingerprintStunning style, strong craft, no humor.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic
Much of it is about family.
Serious throughout
The mind and family
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
Standout cinematography, visual style, and sound design
A distinctive visual signature.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Hide Your Smiling Faces is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's melancholic. Much of it is about family.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
The mind and family
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around the mind and family. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It leaves some questions open.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
The direction, performances, and characters stand out.
Standout cinematography, visual style, and sound design
A distinctive visual signature.
Look and sound: the cinematography, visual style, and sound design stand out.
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You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Hoopla, and YouTube Free. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 70/100 (IMDb 6, Rotten Tomatoes 85%, and Metacritic 69). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: violence, disturbing imagery, and strong language.
1 h 21 min
Hide Your Smiling Faces runs 1 h 21 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Hide Your Smiling Faces higher (77) than audiences (62). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Hide Your Smiling Faces in 6 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
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