Smashed

Smashed

By Unknown

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2012-10-12
  • Advisory Rating: R
  • Runtime: 1h 21min
  • Director: Unknown
  • iTunes Price: USD 12.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
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Description

Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and Charlie (Aaron Paul, TV’s “Breaking Bad” ) are a young married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of music, laughter and drinking...especially the drinking. When Kate’s drinking leads her to dangerous places and her job as a school teacher is put into jeopardy, she decides to join AA and get sober. With the help of her new friend and sponsor Jenny (Octavia Spencer, The Help), and the vice principal at her school, the awkward, but well intentioned, Mr. Davies, Kate takes steps toward improving her health and life. Sobriety isn't as easy as Kate had anticipated. Her new lifestyle brings to the surface a troubling relationship with her mother, facing the lies she's told her employer (Megan Mullally TV’s “Parks and Recreation” ) and calls into question whether or not her relationship with Charlie is built on love or just a boozy diversion from adulthood.

Reviews

  • Smashed

    4
    By Bellaandora
    Great movie

  • Could've Been So Much Better

    3
    By CPNPJPJPEP
    This movie could have been so much better than it was which was decent. The scene where she smoked crack was not the norm and I thought unrealistic as was the scene with her colleague when he told her he was attracted to her. The lack of substance around her struggle to recover and the impact of how she got to that point in her life was disappointing. The disease of alcoholism is a family disease as it was in her situation. Some more time spent on that would have been I think a good story. I also didn't think that their relationship was something most people could relate to. It didn't seem real or realistic. This movie could have been so much better with some thoughtfulness.

  • Superficial

    2
    By Plant100
    I appreciate and respect filmmakers that try to deal with the subject of addiction. But it is frustrating when we see the main character drunk 3 or 4 times with no serious consequences. And the alcoholism is barely touched on. The same goes for recovery. It's a rough road, but showing the audience a little more hope and joy at achieving a year of sobriety would be a bit more realistic. I realize there is only so much time to tell such a story, but this one didn't commit to either the hell of addiction or the joy of sobriety.

  • Really good movie!

    5
    By mrsisaak
    I really enjoyed this movie. I hadn't heard of it and rented it on a whim. It was superbly acted and I felt myself being very drawn into the story. I really cared about the characters. I would recommend it - definitely something "different" than your typical Hollywood dramas.

  • Nice little film!

    3
    By Jgj86
    The story revolves around a woman and her struggles with alcoholism. She makes an effort to stay sober while her husband doesn't seem to really care about her sobriety. Winstead's performance carries the film otherwise this film would fall flat.

  • True to life

    5
    By truth9712
    The story of alcoholism can not be told over the course of a single film. It is ongoing, it spirals, and has more beginnings than ends. This movie took many truths of alcoholism and Smashed them together. Things get worse before they get better with alcoholics. Alcoholics don't learn they have a problem until after they 'think' they might have a problem. Alcoholics must choose between giving in to their old lives or accepting a bleak future of sobriety, and we never got to see the choice she makes at the end of the film. I think anyone that has known an alcoholic can appreciate this movie.

  • Dark, dreary film

    3
    By Leen3d
    The character development was superficial and cursory. I felt pity for the characters rather than empathy. I think the problem was more on the directing and script side rather than the acting. I don't think the actors had much with which to work.

  • My Favorite Film of 2012

    5
    By jmgfilms
    This is a great film that deserves more recognition. Even if the story was terrible (which it wasn't) or all the supporting actors were bad (which they weren't) this film would still have been a great film thanks to the performance of Mary Elizabeth Winstead, she deserved an Academy Award Nomination and more attention from this film, she proves that she could be one of the top actors in hollywood today, in my opinion she gave the best performance of the year. Everything was great about this film the only negative thing i can say about this film is that it ended i just didn't want to leave the theater yet because I was so attached to the story and characters. This film is another great example of why independent films can be better than big budget films. See this FILM!

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