James Ponsoldt Reviews, Interviews & More
It's not often that we see female characters in love with booze. In film, men dominate that archetype. But director James Ponsoldt, who co-wrote Smashed with actress Susan Burke, gave Mary Elizabeth Winstead the chance to play a woman with a heavy drinking problem. She's joined by a fantastic set of players including Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer, Nick Offerman and...
James Ponsoldt and Susan Burke decided to co-write Smashed after sharing their embarrassing stories about the times they got wasted drunk. They set out to create an honest depiction of what it was like for a strong, young woman struggling with alcoholism – something they felt hadn't been seen before. In return they got an amazing and...
Don't know about you guys, but we're having a serious case of Breaking Bad withdrawal. And with almost a year to wait until the next season, we'll take anything that comes close. So we're excited for Smashed, which stars Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as two alcoholics who try to clean up,...
Another solid film coming out of Sundance, Smashed is one of those films that may seem like "just another Sundance film" but has enough twists and interesting dynamics that is seperates it from the pack. And though Mary Elizabeth Winstead steals the movie with one of her best performances to date, the film's strong supporting cast and a number of...
