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Smashed is a smashing indie winner
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This film image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Kate Hannah, left, and Octavia Spencer as Jenny in a scene from "Smashed." - photo by Oana Marian
“Smashed” is an example of many things I love about independent film. It’s made by a young, promising director, James Ponsoldt, from Athens. It features a handful of stars willing to take on what are for them small roles, but for the film makes the difference between being seen and not being seen.