Can anyone help me finding the term for this expression

[dead-ced-dead]

I'm writing a screenplay and I'm trying to describe the expression below. "Passive aggressive smirk" is kind of in the right ballpark, but I'm not sure it's 100% right.

[TrenterPercenter]

Supercilious

[pigamus]

Chinny reckon

[GoblinAhFuckScary]

haughty smirk?

[Cerys]

Simper, maybe. Either that or smug smile.

[Cold Meat Platter]

Sneer.

[Shit Good Nose]

Surely the best thing is to not write a screenplay that's already been written and filmed?


(b'boom, etc)

[Keebleman]

The sort of patronising smile you wear when you are waiting for the person you're talking to to stop speaking before you come in with something which was fully formed before they even started, confident that nothing they would say could possibly require you to revise.  Though I suppose that isn't really a 'term'.

[paruses]

Condescending?

Fake Edit - it is quite patronising too. I hate her.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

Patronising/condescending

[Dr Trouser]

My dog makes that face when she's curling one off

[jobotic]

Priti Patelling?


Actually I think TrenterPercenter is right

[BlodwynPig]

Witch's Tickle

Pointed smarm

[dead-ced-dead]

Thanks for all the suggestions all

[touchingcloth]

O face.

[idunnosomename]

cunt

[JaDanketies]

Shit eating grin

[Johnny Yesno]

Coffee through nose.

[Lord Mandrake]

Barely concealed contempt.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

Shit eating grin

Grin is showing teeth

[NoSleep]

Cunt Of Death impression.

[Jittlebags]

That's a 'You thought you could get away with a silent but dealdy' type of look. As sported by Mrs J on a regular basis.

[gib]

The sort of patronising smile you wear when you are waiting for the person you're talking to to stop speaking before you come in with something which was fully formed before they even started, confident that nothing they would say could possibly require you to revise.  Though I suppose that isn't really a 'term'.

this is a great answer, gg

can someone post another pic, no Hans etc until at least page 4

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

Tongueless belm

[oy vey]

I'm swallowing. Happy birthday okay?

[Non Stop Dancer]

A scowl disguised as a smile.

[flotemysost]

Tongueless belm

That's a beautiful combination of words, and is also spot on.

If I was qualifying the expression I'd say it was "tight" or "strained". I haven't seen the scene that still is from so I don't have that context, but rather than haughty or supercillious, I'm seeing it more as a sort of exasperated charade of being pleased/content, thinly veiling worry or unhappiness.

Not a million miles away from the taut purse-lipped smile Renee Zellweger pulls a lot in the Bridget Jones films (generally when dealing with humiliating situations or fending off invasive questions about her love life - again, can't remember exactly what's happening in the below scene, but you get the idea)

[jamiefairlie]

That's a beautiful combination of words, and is also spot on.

If I was qualifying the expression I'd say it was "tight" or "strained". I haven't seen the scene that still is from so I don't have that context, but rather than haughty or supercillious, I'm seeing it more as a sort of exasperated charade of being pleased/content, thinly veiling worry or unhappiness.

Not a million miles away from the taut purse-lipped smile Renee Zellweger pulls a lot in the Bridget Jones films (generally when dealing with humiliating situations or fending off invasive questions about her love life - again, can't remember exactly what's happening in the below scene, but you get the idea)

Aye, she's the queen of this... whatever it is.

Although, Anna Maxwell Martin is quite good too (can't find a good photo to illustrate though)

[jamiefairlie]

On reflection, does 'rictus grin' capture it?

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

I believe it could also, at a push, be described as a Sling Blade.