Shattered Spirits

1986

Drama

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 73%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73%
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 418 418

Director

Robert Greenwald Photo
Robert Greenwald

Top cast

Dyana Ortelli Photo
Dyana Ortelli as Mrs. Martinez
Martin Sheen Photo
Martin Sheen as Lyle Mollencamp
Lukas Haas Photo
Lukas Haas as Brian Mollencamp
Renée Estevez Photo
Renée Estevez as Girl at Phone
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854.61 MB
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1 hr 32 min
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1 hr 32 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by shades-7 5 / 10

Court Ordered Entertainment

This is a really dated movie for a perpetual and chronic problem that effects so many people. I was court ordered to watch "Shattered Spirits" in alcohol education class. The only problem was the 25 or so other people in the room who had no appreciation for the campiness of this outdated piece. It would be like ordering 19 year old junkies to watch "The Man With The Golden Arm". Great to see "Albert" from Little House on the Prairie driving the van like it was an unruly 747. Marty Sheen's acting was brilliant as usual and he had that crazy, raging drunken dad thing down perfectly. Some people think the lawn mowing scene was over the top but I've seen and done worse. I've yet to see a really good film on the topic of alcoholism in mainstream, middle class families - most are Hollywood or Disneyfied garbage that leave out the true madness.
Reviewed by Captain_Couth 6 / 10

Martin Sheen, made-for-t.v.-movie-superstar: Shattered Spirits

Shattered Spirits (1986) was another made-for-t.v.-movie from Martin Sheen. This time around he tackles the problems of alcoholism and and the effects it has on the family structure. Instead of treating it a sense of realism, Sheen comes across as a mean version of Foster Brooks. Too bad really because Mr. Sheen could have done a much better job instead of acting like a total goof in front of the camera. Some of the things he does makes you want to laugh out loud or scratch your head.You can actually get a few laughs from this movie. I know me and friends did when we saw this one t.v. The subject matter needs to be handled with kid gloves. One screw up could turn what was meant to be a serious subject matter into a heavy handed joke fest.Slightly recommended.
Reviewed by malindalueu 7 / 10

Shattered Spirits

If you have ever lived with an alcoholic this movie will hit home. It does well at defining and portraying the roles of an alcoholic family. There is the Dependent (Dad), the Codependent (Mom), the Hero (oldest child), the Scapegoat (middle child) and the Lost Child (youngest child). They just needed one more kid to portray the Family Masscot to cover all of the typical roles of an addicted family. I have lived in this type of family and this was painful for me to watch at points because it is realistic. I work in the treatment field, and we have shown this film to clients in group to demonstrate the roles of the alcoholic family.
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