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(1 - 3) of 3 Page   1   C- "The film hardly registers as an open-wound document of a spirit more lost than she cares to confront. Instead, Laura Smiles exists somewhere in the middle, frozen by its pretension and incapacity to engage."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf 3/4 "Unlike many filmmakers who try to stake out the gray area between mundane reality and sleazy surreality, Ruscio maintains a successful balance throughout and gracefully brings the two together in a delicately ambiguous final scene."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 1/4 "Laura Smiles teaches us that you can't escape misery, least of all in Jersey."   Slant Magazine   Paul Schrodt  (1 - 3) of 3 Page   1