this true crime inspired thriller is vapid and underwhelming; Despite featuring a few well-executed, tense gore sequences towards the end, "Smiley Face Killers" is mostly uninspiring and makes for a tedious watch
instead of expanding on the details of the real case, "Smiley Face Killers" spends most of its time on a slow, dull drama about a vapid college student; any conspiracy fans looking for some new true-crime fodder here will be frustrated and disappointed
a blunt blade from Bret Easton Ellis; With the addition of some decent jump-scares, Smiley Face Killers might have passed muster as a gender-swapped slasher flick, but it's too under-researched to take seriously as true crime