Smile

It's time again for California's "Young American Miss" beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year for Big Bob Freelander and Brenda DiCarlo, who give their all to put on a successful pageant amidst marital difficulties and petty squabbles, as the stakes become increasingly high in this satirical comedy about small-town America. The film takes aim at the peculiarities, hypocrisies, and artifice of the beauty industry, where contestants are more than just pretty faces, and those involved in the pageant must confront their own vulnerabilities and shortcomings. With a talented ensemble cast, Smile is a witty and incisive commentary on the darker side of American culture, one that was ahead of its time and has since developed a cult following.