If you’re trying to convince your audience that the lead character of your movie has a serious drinking problem, showing her waking up in a pool of her own urine and then swigging a beer while taking her morning shower isn’t a bad way to go. This is how director and co-screenwriter James Ponsoldt introduces us to Kate Hannah (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) in his film
Smashed; it’s a credit to Winstead’s considerable charm and gifts as an actress that despite this, she manages to make Kate someone we want to know and come to like, even though the movie doesn’t pull any punches about the extent of her alcoholism or how hard her road to sobriety turns out to be. Winst...
Released:
2012
Rated:
R
Length:
85 mins