Laney (Sarah Silverman) is the perfect wife to Bruce (Josh Charles) and the perfect mom to Eli (Skylar Gaertner) and Janey (Shayne Coleman). She’s a nurturing, loving woman, but she’s also got a raging addiction to anything in sight: sugar, booze, pills, coke, sex, anything she can get her hands on. It’s clear that as much love as she has for her kids (and Silverman has great chemistry with them), there are also deep wells of rage within her that send her into flaming-out downward spirals. Silverman plays Laney with a dead-eyed, twitchy ferocity, and her performance is at once horrifying in its reality and morbidly compelling in her rampant self-destructiveness. Read More: Sarah Silverman Self-Destructs In First Trailer For Acclaimed Sundance Drama 'I Smile Back' At first, "I Smile Back" feels a bit like a very well-shot episode of “Intervention,” and the inciting incident...
- 10/23/2015
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
Sarah Silverman drew all eyes in a sexy low-cut dress at the La premiere of I Smile Back on Wednesday. The comedian, who was joined by the film's director, Adam Salky, and her costars Shayne Coleman and Mia Barron, turned heads on the red carpet while striking poses for the cameras. In the movie, which is based on a novel from author Amy Koppelman, Sarah takes on her first dramatic role as a married mother who's hit rock bottom due to drug and alcohol abuse. Read on for more of Sarah's sizzling night out, then check out the trailer for I Smile Back, which hits theaters on Oct. 23.
- 10/22/2015
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
After building a successful career as a comedic performer, Sarah Silverman makes the transition to drama seamlessly in the first trailer for I Smile Back. The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival back in January, and was acquired by Broad Green Pictures in March. The film debuts in theaters October 23, but it will have a Special Presentation screening tomorrow night, Saturday, September 12 at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Laney Sarah Silverman) is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the façade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful root of her destructiveness...
Laney Sarah Silverman) is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the façade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful root of her destructiveness...
- 9/12/2015
- by MovieWeb
- MovieWeb
Laney (Sarah Silverman) is the perfect wife to Bruce (Josh Charles) and perfect mom to Eli (Skylar Gaertner) and Janey (Shayne Coleman). She’s a nurturing, loving woman, but she’s also got a raging addiction to anything in sight: sugar, booze, pills, coke, sex, literally anything she can get her hands on. It’s clear that as much love as she has for her kids (and Silverman has great chemistry with them), there are also deep wells of rage within her that send her into flaming-out downward spirals. Silverman plays Laney with a dead-eyed, twitchy ferocity, and her performance is at once horrifying in its reality and morbidly compelling in her rampant self-destructiveness. At first, "I Smile Back" feels a bit like a very well-shot episode of “Intervention,” and the inciting incident that eventually sends her to rehab is rather ridiculous, but boy, does Silverman sell it. The majority...
- 1/26/2015
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
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