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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Like Smile, it turns a supposedly wholesome civic ritual into sharply observed ensemble satire, balancing broad comedy with an increasingly revealing view of ambition, conformity, and small-town performance.
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Why this pick
This mockumentary pageant comedy shares Smile’s affectionate-but-cutting interest in contestants, boosters, and the strange machinery surrounding public ideals of American girlhood.
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Why this pick
Its faux-documentary style and generous ensemble make local aspiration, civic pride, and earnest self-display funny in a manner closely aligned with Smile’s community-pageant satire.
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Why this pick
A larger, more sprawling 1975 American mosaic, it similarly lets many competing personalities expose the comedy and unease beneath public spectacle, boosterism, and show-business dreams.
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Why this pick
A deadpan mockumentary about a hairdressing competition, it finds comparable humor in a modest contestant navigating an over-serious promotional world full of oddball organizers and performers.
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01 / THE STORY
The plot revolves around the contestants and people involved with the California pageant of the fictional Young American Miss Pageant, held in Santa Rosa, California.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Robert "Big Bob" Freelander
Brenda De Carlo
Wilson
Little Bob Freelander
Andy
Connie - Young American Miss
Helga - Young American Miss
Robin Gibson
