When A Man Loves A Woman

Days of Wine and Roses
$19.98
This movie is one of my favorites with Jack Lemmon. Its a riveting drama, that you cant help become part of. You feel for the characters, you fall in love with Lee Remick. You see the love and loss in Jack Lemmon's face.

Its a beautifully acted, true to life drama that everyone should watch!
I recommend this movie 110%, you will laugh & cry all the way through the movie.It does not disappoint!

When A Man Loves A Woman: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
$13.98
I love listening to the entire soundtrack from beginning to end. It makes you feel calm when you listen to it. And if you seen the movie, it brings you back to the movie.

28 Days (Special Edition)
$9.95
sandra is one of the most delightful actressess on the screen,she gets her point across beautifully she is so graceful.this movie doesnt come short of that as she continues to give us a eletrifying performance as a recovering alcoholic!

When a Man Loves a Woman [Region 2]

Someone said they showed parts of "When a Man Loves a Woman" to them in an alcohol program they were in after a DUI arrest. Interesting. From the title it sounds like it is going to be a romance, even a romantic comedy, but it is a serious drama about a man who is married to an alcoholic. Michael Green (Andy Garcia) is a pilot who meets Alice (Meg Ryan) in the Buena Vista Caf��� in Fisherman's Wharf. Actually, it is in what we San Franciscans used to call The Marina. It is the bar where Irish Coffee was invented. If you are ever in San Francisco, try one. Even if it is something for tourists, it is an experience not to be missed. Unless you are an alcoholic and shouldn't drink.

Alice Green, for instance, should not have another Irish Coffee at the Buena Vista Caf���, or Dolce, Hemlock Tavern, Zeitgeist, Holy Cow, Harry Denton's Starlight Room, Martuni's, Endup, The Stud, Specs', Savoy Tivoli, Vesuvio, Kimo's, Bondage a Go-Go, Arrow Bar, Boom Boom Room, Ten 15 Folsom, 330 Ritch, El Rio, Ginger's Trois, Midnight Sun, Bix, Motherlode, The Lexington Club, ELBO Room, and Shotwell's, ever, under any circumstances.

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Alice Green: I drink a quart a day. It's vodka so you couldn't smell it.
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This was a good, serious drama. If you are drinking a quart a day, though, you could smell it, vodka or not. In spite of a few relapses, it was a very realistic depiction of alcoholism. It didn't just have a fake Hollywood ending either, where Alice stopped drinking, took it one day at a time, and lived happily ever after. It also dealt with the enabling behavior of her husband, Michael, and the fact that just because you stop drinking doesn't mean there aren't other issues that you'll have to deal with. It showed the devastating effect that alcoholism can have on the children. The performance of Tina Majorino was incredible as the oldest child, Jessica Green. She really conveys the confusion that children of alcoholics feel. She loves her mother, but when she gets drunk, she hits her. She doesn't stop loving her, but she isn't unscathed. Tina Majorino did a great job, for such a young thespian.

Al Franken, now Senator Franken, formerly Stuart Smallie on SNL, who was good enough, smart enough, and dog gone it, people liked him, wrote the script along with Ronald Bass. Franken and Bass did a really good job with the script. It was based on a ten page synopsis by Orson Welles. I thought that Senator Franken was just a clown, but I guess he has a serious side. Who knew? He also has a cameo as the co-pilot, but he never says much.

Maybe you are saying that you don't want to see a movie about alcoholism because you don't have a drinking problem. Hey, you drink, you fall down. You get back up. No problem. Work is the curse of the drinking class. Though denial is not just a river in Egypt, the talent of Meg Ryan, Tina Majorino, Andy Garcia, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Al Franken, and Mae Whitcomb cannot be denied. Alice Green may have called her daughter's outfit a 'sad little ensemble' but the actors of "When a Man Loves a Woman" are a great ensemble.

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Michael Green: My wife is an alcoholic.
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Synecdoche New York (2008) Philip Seymour Hoffman was Caden Cotard
What We Do Is Secret (2007) Tina Majorino was Michelle
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) Philip Seymour Hoffman was Dean Trumbell
The Man from Elysian Fields (2001) Andy Garcia was Byron
Hurlyburly (New Line Platinum Series) (1998) Meg Ryan was Bonnie
The Big Lebowski (1998) Philip Seymour Hoffman was Brandt
Waterworld (1995) Tina Majorino was Enola
The Joy Luck Club (1993) Lauren Tom was Lena St. Clair
The Doors (Special Edition) (1991) Meg Ryan was Pamela Courson
When Harry Met Sally (1989) Meg Ryan was Sally Albright

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Alice Green: That is a sad little ensemble!
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