![]() Happy horror: 'Smile' may not surprise, but certainly will scare King's eerie commentary on technology and mediaĮvents conspire so that Craig comes into a little money he buys Harrigan an iPhone as a gift. It’s a delight to see him play a mean old modern-day robber baron.Ĭraig learns that Harrigan’s specialty was buying companies and gutting them. It’s a great moment, thanks to Sutherland’s line reading. Craig asks Harrigan if he was ever bullied. Eventually he starts high school, where he is menaced by a bully (Cyrus Arnold). It takes a while for Craig to break through, but he does. Their burgeoning relationship anchors the first part of the film. ![]() The money isn’t great, at $5 an hour (with a quarterly bonus paid in lottery tickets), but it’s a chance for Craig to get out of the house, to get out of the life that’s closing in on him a little bit. Get ready for Halloween: The 10 best scary movies ever, and how to watch them ![]() Harrigan (Donald Sutherland) - the richest man in Maine - hears Craig read at church and then hires him to read aloud to him, Craig jumps at the chance. Craig’s mom died and his dad is hollowed out by the loss. ![]() Craig (played first by Colin O’Brien and then Jaeden Martell as he ages) is a boy in a small Maine town in 2003, living with his dad (Joe Tippett). The film stays fairly faithful to the source material. ![]() The film is based on a story in Stephen King's 'If It Bleeds' collection ![]()
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