"Successful Alcoholics" is a 25-minute short film from 5 years ago starring Lizzy Caplan from "Masters of Sex". Apart from her, there are a couple more well-known actors in here such as Emmy winner Tony Hale. And the male protagonist is played by T.J. Miller, who also co-wrote the script together with director Jordan Vogt-Roberts ("The Kings of Summer"). The title describe the film pretty nicely. It's about a young couple who try to master their social and professional lives despite being heavy alcoholics. There is quite a bit of comedy to this film, but it also brings the necessary heaviness that you'd expect from a film about this subject. All in all, it is certainly a good watch and the actors do a fine job here. Also interesting to see how everybody deals differently with the protagonists' issues and I liked that there is no completely happy ending here. Forced feel-good is bad and I love the authenticity that comes with this little movie. I would not say it's truly outstanding at any point like for example Mary Elizabeth Winstead's "Smashed", but it is still a recommendable short movie. Thumbs up.
Review of Successful Alcoholics
