Television Series Seen in 2013 - Breaking Bad Season 1

TiFF - SMASHED

Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is a young happily married functioning alcoholic who after vomiting in front of her first grade class while hungover and a series of other bad drunken choices begins to realize she may have a problem.  While the rest of the school are fooled by a lie, Dave (Nick Offerman) the school Vice Principal sees the signs clearly. A recovering alcoholic himself, Dave invites Kate out to an AA meeting. There she meets Jenny (Octavia Spencer) who volunteers to be her sponsor. Theres only one problem, her husband Charlie loves to drink and refuses to acknowledge his own alcoholism. For such a heavy topic this film has a surprising amount of humor in it which made it much more enjoyable then what a straight drama would have been. Winstead shines the entire  way through giving her best performance to date and the rest of the cast support her nicely. Battling alcoholism at this young an age is a topic rarely discussed or seen in film and I think it is fantastic to see it finally being done. Most people in the twenties and thirties will be able to relate, either from experiencing it themselves or by knowing those around them who have had such struggles. Definitely recommend this one.

Lots of photos on my shitty camera under here. I hope you enjoy them Paige!