When a Man Loves a Woman Movie Information

Movie Information

Overall Rank: 3743

Average Rating: 2.7/4

# of Ratings: 65

Theatrical Release Date: 04/29/1994

Language: English

Genre: Drama, Romance

MPAA Rating: R

Director: Luis Mandoki

Actors: Andy Garcia, Meg Ryan, Ellen Burstyn, Tina Majorino, Mae Whitman, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Plot: A husband proves his undying love for his wife as he tries to prevent her from drinking her life away.

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Rating of
3/4

serioussir - wrote on 12/29/2008

A moving drama and romance. Garcia and Ryan are great. Majorino and Whitman do an amazing job as the young daughters. Quite heart-wrenching and touching.

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mdtinney
mdtinney
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Rating of
4/4

Msg Ryan best performance... Great movie.

mdtinney - wrote on 11/21/2009

WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN is a searing and emotional look at how alcoholism manages to leave a family in shreds and how they struggle to put themselves back together again. Meg Ryan, in the performance of her career, dominates the screen with her powerhouse portrayal of Alice, a wife, mother, and career woman whose secret drinking is slowly and methodically destroying her life. The film chronicles Alice's journey as she hits her bottom, enters rehab, finishes rehab, and then tries to resume the life she left before rehab and discovers it's not as simple as she thinks. Andy Garcia is equally solid as Michael, Alice's sensitive and loving husband who finds out what real powerlessness is as he watches Alice fall apart and is introduced to a new kind of powerlessness when Alice returns home …

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