Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, something’s got to give. But change isn’t exactly a cakewalk. Sobriety means she will have to confront the lies she’s been spinning at work, her troubling relationship with her mother, and the nature of her bond with Charlie.
Acting
Winstead's drunk acting is so precise you'll forget it's acting.
Writing
Ponsoldt and Susan Burke wrote from lived recovery experience.
Direction
Intimate close-ups that feel like invading someone's actual morning.
Director
James Ponsoldt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ponsoldt shot the AA scenes at actual meetings with real recovering addicts as extras—Winstead said it made her performance feel like 'stealing'.
This premiered at Sundance the same year as The Spectacular Now, which Ponsoldt also directed—dude had a whole 'young people destroying themselves beautifully' era.
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For all you people who think Araon Paul is the star of this , you're wrong , it's Mary Elizabeth Winstead
@klutzfan334 22
Smashed turns 10 today! I remember watching it at my second house A simple story of a woman deciding to quit drinking alcohol But during the recovery process at AA it starts to strain the relationship with her husband she hits rock bottom Such a tour de force by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, a standout performance that has her truly feel like a broken antagonist I like Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer, and Nick Offerman too Never beats the audience over the head with its ideas and themes It's all about breaking away from an unbreakable addiction, trying to shake that bad habit, and having it leak onto other people in the process messing up the social structure Sooner or later it catches up with that person in public or work, things go from embarrassing to scary real fast Super short but very lifelike appealing to anyone who's ever had a drinking problem Gets dark in many spots and not being too comedic Plus it's sad because we the viewers actually know people that have a problem like this in real-life, it's like a disease that's just waiting to come back once they stop Director James Ponsoldt's insightful drama doesn't feel artificial but very honest
@user-dr2yz8um3d 13
Girl:I think...I need to..Slow down... Jesse:I will help you...BITCH..
@Zorklis 20
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