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Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: What's new about this affecting, unsensationalized portrait of addiction, recovery, codependence, setbacks, one-day-at-a-time progress, and their effects on relationships, is the low-keyed energy of the storytelling. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: The camera work is handheld and jittery, reflecting Kate's often wobbly state of mind, and the character's decidedly nonglam wardrobe, minimal makeup and charm-free home feel honest and right. Read more
Noel Murray, AV Club: Smashed is a film of pummeling intensity and bruised emotions, a refreshingly complex look at how one partner's emotional development can play havoc with the other partner's security and sense of self. Read more
Nathan Rabin, AV Club: It's a refreshingly complex look at how people's emotional development can play havoc with their partners' security and sense of self, especially if that security and sense of self are shaky to begin with. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: Winstead is an inarguably warm actor. She's just not doing the sort of work that transcends the movie's shortcomings. Read more
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader: It's familiar stuff, but at least it takes addiction and recovery seriously; the depiction of Alcoholics Anonymous feels particularly heartfelt. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: Winstead is very good in "Smashed," though she's saddled with a merely adequate co-starring performance. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: The movie has some powerful moments, but it's mostly superficial. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: Winstead and Paul make their characters feel like flesh and blood, not stereotypical Lost Weekenders. Their love is as real as their future is shaky. And that's the film's great tragedy. Read more
Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter: Mary Elizabeth Winstead rules in a small, solid study of alcoholism and recovery. Read more
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: Winstead, who appears in nearly every scene, can be compelling but, like the material, often pushes too hard ... Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Winstead is terrific as a young woman scared into sobriety, only to discover telling people the truth is much harder than lying and hiding her addiction. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Winstead has an alert charm and curious eyes and, 30 years ago, might have been one of that decade's glorious gang of Smart Brunettes - Karen Allen, Debra Winger, Brooke Adams. Read more
Scott Tobias, NPR: Films about addiction tend to answer the excesses of drugs or alcohol with excesses of their own, but Ponsoldt and Winstead aren't guilty of overreaching. They know when to say when. Read more
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: Winstead and director James Ponsoldt add something gripping and modern to the cinema of recovery, a well-mined genre that can still, it seems, yield thoughtful surprises. Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: There needs to be a 12-step program for movie people to stop sharing their "deeply personal" yet insight-free stories of addiction. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: The movie observes unblinkingly what can happen to a couple when one member stops drinking and the other doesn't. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Smashed belongs to Winstead. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: This is a serious movie about drinking but not a depressing one. Read more
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: Addiction dramas are as common as reality shows and often just as rank. Smashed joins the ranks of the winners, mostly because of an unmissable and unforgettable performance by Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The act of going out there as an unknown and coming back a star is the time-honored showbiz fantasy, and if there's any justice that's about to come true for Mary Elizabeth Winstead on the basis of "Smashed." Read more
Christy Lemire, Associated Press: The bottom isn't low enough, the struggle isn't difficult enough, and the characters (especially the supporting ones) don't feel developed enough to provide necessary context for our heroine's journey. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: It conveys a rare depth of understanding and compassion for its protagonist. Read more
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: There will never be another Marilyn Monroe or Elizabeth Taylor, but Hollywood may have found a new Lee Remick in Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: It's an addiction-and-recovery movie without the usual side-effect of wallowing melodrama. Read more
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: As disappointingly predictable as the final chapters are, nothing can diminish Winstead's outstanding performance as Kate. Read more
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: The film as a whole feels like a creaky vehicle, belabored with plot strands and stereotypes that only serve to highlight Winstead's ragged commitment to something real. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: While Smashed documents both the crazy highs and the terrifying lows of addiction, the story is primarily about commitment. Read more
Justin Chang, Variety: An affecting and immersive addiction drama about the unforeseen pitfalls along the road to recovery. Read more
Michael Nordine, Village Voice: Smashed at its worst is still better than many other films of its kind at their best. Read more
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: "Smashed" never really rises much above the level of a dramatic public service announcement. Read more