: An analysis on Moving Pictures Film Club critiques the film's ending as promoting a hopeless message that trauma is "inevitable and unescapable". In Horror Film 'Smile,' Trauma is Contagious
Other insightful analyses and "papers" (in the form of critical essays) include: Smile.2022.720p.10bit.WEBRip.6CH.x265.HEVC.rar
: Some reviewers, such as those at The Harvard Crimson , offer a counter-perspective, arguing the film provides a "shallow treatment" or "inappropriate address" of mental illness by relying on stereotypes of "craziness" for scares. : An analysis on Moving Pictures Film Club