Watch: Smashed 2012 123movies, Full Movie Online – Kate and Charlie Hannah have a relationship well lubricated with alcohol, but Kate finally finds her chemical appetites have gotten completely out of control. With the help of an ex-addict friend at work, Kate finds a support group that helps her begin to conquer her addictions. However, that recovery proves just part of a larger personal challenge to rebuild her life even as her marriage with her drunken husband deteriorates..
Plot: 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.
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Low Key
The movie itself is not really a big shouting message to tell people what to do. And even Aaron Paul, whose character may seem one dimensional does have things you’ll discover about him. There are more layers there and some need looking at them to see them. Nick Offerman plays it almost silently, but has one completely over the top scene (a scene with a follow-up joke that would fit in any other comedy too), that still does not derail the movie.But the main protagonist, our woman that we follow is what it’s all about. And she delivers in a way that is very heartbreaking to watch. And very real too. Everyday problems and things that get out of hand. You may cringe here and there, but the movie is still able to affect you very deeply.
“Everybody do the 12-Step”
“Alcohol – the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems” – Homer J. Simpson Too often when films tackle substance abuse they fall into preacher territory – that is, they stand on their soap-box (or an empty case of wine) and reveal the not-so-hidden dangers of becoming addicted to drugs/alcohol/sex, whilst depicting the issues in such crisp black and white, that very little room is left for exploration or discussion.This film from director James Ponsoldt follows in the lasciviously-brilliant footsteps of Steve MqQueen’s film, released last year, Shame (which explored the issues around sex addiction with a grim tenacity), in being an addiction-film which penetrates the human cost, rather than the social implications.
The synopsis is simple – a married couple, who spend the majority of their free time under the influence of alcohol, find their relationship put under enormous pressure when the wife, Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) decides to go sober. Her reasons for doing so follow a few nasty experiences caused by alcohol – one being having to pretend to be pregnant in order to keep her job as a school teacher (after throwing up due to a hangover), and another being after a particularly chaotic night in which she ended up smoking crack, and sleeping on the streets.
Aside from these frenzied drunken moments near the beginning of the movie, Ponsoldt dedicates the rest of the film portraying the immense struggle of giving up the suds, and how it affects so many aspects of Kate’s life. Furthermore, the story does not become a proponent of sobriety, instead revealing that life will throw you curve balls regardless of your state of inebriation – which we see as Kate tackles her problems head on whilst staying off the booze.
As Kate becomes steadier in her new lifestyle, her vision becomes more focused (much like the process of sobering up), and the relationship she once fully enjoyed, becomes perilously unsteady.
This may all sound extremely heavy, and depressing, but the truth is that Smashed maintains a chirpy black comedy with plenty of emotional development, without falling into the aforementioned preacher category. Kate, and her husband Charlie (Aaron Paul), enjoy some excellent moments of tenderness and humour which makes the story very fulfilling and enjoyable.
Not quite as sharp as Shame, but far more universally appealing, Smashed deserves recognition for its fresh take on an old vice.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 21 min (81 min)
Budget 500000
Revenue 376597
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama
Director James Ponsoldt
Writer Susan Burke, James Ponsoldt
Actors Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Nick Offerman
Country United States
Awards 10 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Digital, Datasat
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Arri Alexa
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format SxS Pro
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), ProRes 4:4:4 (1080/23.976p) (source format)
Printed Film Format DCP