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Smiley face

Opening at the IFC Center on Dec. 26th is Smiley Face, the ultimate stoner film from director Gregg Araki (Mysterious Skin). Anna Faris (former PAPER cover-girl) is delightful as Jane, who accidentally eats all the marijuana-laced cupcakes in her L.A. apartment fridge and has a series of calamitous and hilarious misadventures one day. The movie feels like one of those Preston Sturges “bender” movies like Mad Wednesday, as Jane’s pot-fueled paranoia sets her off and running on many madcap missions. Faris's slack-jawed stoner face is comic perfection -- her reactions at an acting audition, a dentist office, the home of an old teacher, or a meat plant will leave you helplessly laughing.

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