Yes, I choose that snapshot because of what the filters demonstrated ... both right and wrong. But I can't blame SpotRemover too much -- I used it's recommended settings without experimenting (it looked like another one of those complicated filter setups). In that setup, SpotRemover took the nose highlight to be a spot (appears to be a movement problem) and dealt with it. :)

I've used MVDenoise before so that was mostly an optimum script paste-and-copy. By itself, it does a nice job with the "noise" (with spots still in place):

Anyway, it's easy to leave in only those particular processings for your desired result.