Shattered Spirits

Shattered Spirits


Starring:Martin Sheen, Melinda Dillon, Matthew Laborteaux, Lukas Haas, Roxana Zal, Jill Schoelen, Jenny Gago, Gaby Mandelik, Lenny Hicks, Dyana Ortelli, John Herzfeld, John Miranda, Ed Call, Francine Lembi, Freddie Dawson, Michael Gough (II), Ed Kenney, Frank von Zerneck Jr., Ellie Wood Walker, Noni White
Director: Robert Greenwald
Studio: Sterling Ent
Product Type: DVD
Shattered Spirits
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Old video good DVD
  • Not very good
  • Shattered Spirits
  • Tough Love, straight up!
  • This will sneak up on you!
 Shattered Spirits
Starring: Martin Sheen , Melinda Dillon , Matthew Laborteaux , Lukas Haas , and Roxana Zal
Director: Robert Greenwald
Manufacturer: Allumination
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00008MTXI
Release Date: 2002-07-01

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Old video good DVD.......2007-02-18

Haven't watched this yet...a vhs tape to DVD I ordered was soooo much better than the vhs tape...so hope this is the same

1 out of 5 stars Not very good.......2005-08-29

The video was too dated. I thought it was newer. I would not recommend it. I bought it to use with a subtance abuse group and they only watched about half of it and didn't want to see the rest.

4 out of 5 stars Shattered Spirits.......2003-04-23

This film depicts substance abuse, domestic violence, co-dependancy in the family. Very powerful, very accurate.

5 out of 5 stars Tough Love, straight up!.......2003-03-13

"Shattered Spirits" is the best movie I've ever seen in a High School Health Class.

Martin Sheen stars as an alcholic father, while M.I.F. Hall-of-Famer Melinda Dillon desperately tries to hold the family together in the wake of dad's inebriated rampages.

The film is pretty good (if vaguely TV-movie-ish), particularly when Martin Sheen tells his son that he's going into a bar to meet a buddy, and comes out six hours later! Was the "buddy" named Jack Daniels?

However, I did resent watching the movie a bit--I sat next to the class cutie, and we'd struck up a nice little in-class friendship. So for three days, the lights were off and we weren't allowed to talk. Thanks a lot!

Even so, it definitely opened up an important discussion about alcoholism. I have a weakness for Newcastle Brown Ale, but I try to remember the lesson in moderation that Martin Sheen taught me.

5 out of 5 stars This will sneak up on you!.......2002-02-07

This film was first shown on TV at the boomtime of recovery when Betty Ford was pushing for recovery for families affected by addiction. The story portrays a middleclass family hiding dad's (Sheen's) alcoholism and sliding down the slope of denial. The reactions of the family to crises and the roles they each fall into are so accurately done that the viewer can get way into his/her own alcoholic upbringing and pain before they are aware of it.
I have shown this at several gatherings and it never fails to shake some people up seriously. Kids are especially vulnerable in their teen years. But entire families can get very agitated during the viewing.
So I would recommend that anyone showing or viewing this film be prepared to deal with some extreme reactioons for several days afterwards. Don't just show this and send your guests home. Instead have a discussion and a followup trip to a meeting of Alateen, Al-Anon or AA.
BUT SHOW IT!

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