The direct-to-DVD curse is usually reserved for movies that don’t deserve a theatrical release, and frequently for movies that never should have been made in the first place. Occassionally, a truly deserving movie winds up on the direct-to-DVD slate and we have to question why a studio doesn’t give the film a better chance. Such is the case with Smiley Face, a movie that played to standing-room only crowds at Sundance and which MTV Movies calls one of the funniest films of 2007, and yet is reporting the movie is headed right to DVD.
The movie stars Anna Faris, which typically would be reason enough to avoid the film and send the movie direct to the bargain bins at Wal-Mart. However, the stoner-comedy also features John Krasinski (The Office), Adam Brody (The OC), Danny Masterson (That 70s Show), and Danny Trejo (just about every Robert Rodriguez film), which really opens up the movie to a cult following, just based on the cast alone. Looking at other successful comedies this year, particularly from the Judd Apatow camp, and there’s no reason to send this straight to DVD, but that’s where it’s headed anyway.
The distributor for the film (First Look Studios) confirmed Faris’s story, that the movie is slated for a quiet one-theater release in L.A. (which means don’t expect to find out when that release is) and then a widespread DVD release in January.
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