I Smile Back
“Love desperately, live recklessly.”
Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the façade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful root of her destructiveness and its crumbling effect on those she loves.
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Cast
35 people
Sarah Silverman
Laney Brooks
Known for
Wreck-It Ralph
The School of Rock
Josh Charles
Bruce Brooks
Known for
Dead Poets Society
The Good Wife
Thomas Sadoski
Donny
Known for
The Newsroom
The Crowded Room
Skylar Gaertner
Eli Brooks
Known for
Ozark
Marvel's Daredevil
Chris Sarandon
Roger
Known for
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Fright Night
Terry Kinney
Dr. Page
Known for
Oz
The Watcher
Mia Barron
Susan
Known for
Get Shorty
Shayne Coleman
Janey Brooks
Also in
The Following
Silencio
Kristin Griffith
Nurse Pauline
Known for
Archive 81
Interiors
Nick Taylor
Guard
Also in
Reign Over Me
Taking Woodstock
Sean Reda
Henry
No other roles listed
Cynthia Darlow
Mrs. Kosinski
Known for
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Uncoupled
Adam Salky Director · Amy Koppelman Writer Paige Dylan Writer
Worldwide gross $63K · Budget $495K · United States release October 23, 2015
Box office
Budget
$495,000
Worldwide gross
$63,373
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
Koppelman-Levien
Production
Egoli Tossell Film
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 25, 2015
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · October 23, 2015
Limited theatrical
United States · November 6, 2015
Digital · Internet
United States
February 23, 2016 · Physical
Canada
September 16, 2015 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
September 6, 2015 · Premiere · Deauville Film Festival
January 3, 2020 · Digital · VOD
Israel
July 11, 2015 · Premiere · Jerusalem Film Festival
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