Love Liza (DVD)

Introduction It is rare that I choose a film based on one of its actors, but I was so impressed by Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote earlier this year, that I picked up this film purely because of him. I had never heard of the film, but I thought that it sounded interesting and with the addition of Kathy Bates, I figured I couldn't go far wrong. It is not difficult to work out why this film isn't better-known (and for once it's not because it's a ...
...much sobbed my way through the whole thing. It is wrongly described as a comic tragedy. There are some oddball moments, but nothing that could remotely be called comic. The story Wilson Joel's wife committed suicide seemingly for no reason. Ever since, Wilson has been struggling to keep himself together at work and in his private life. He cannot bear to sleep in the bed that he shared with his wife and so spends sleepless nights on the floor. He ...

sunmeilan 03.07.2006 · Read full review
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...one thing straight, i do love this film and is one of my favourites of all time, so therefore there will be bias in that direction! Also it was a complete surprise and was picked in an act of desperation down the video shop. Starring philip seymour hoffman, kathy bates and jack kehler it shows one mans attempt at trying to come to terms with the suicide of his wife and the discovery of her note days later. Im not going to give a blow by blow account ...
..."at-odds" people who grow to love one another. In fact Bates isn't in it much at all, and it is Kehler who plays his odd ball "friend" Denny that Wilson spends most time with. The film covers a very short time period in wilsons life, a time that shows that he is not at all in control of anything, finding himself running away from situations, latching on to an unusual hobby and becoming "very" interested in solvent abuse. Mainly this is used to block ...

saddler20uk 11.04.2005 · Read full review
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