Andy Garcia, Ellen Burstyn, Eugene Roche

Film focuses on a year in a married couple''s life; including some of the problems they face, including the wife''s alcoholism and experiences in rehab.

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R, 126 min.

Directed by: Luis Mandoki

Release Date: April 29, 1994

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DVD Release Date: February 15, 2000

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  • June 27, 2008
    One of the most beautiful drama movies of all times.
  • March 24, 2008
    Need lots of tissues as this movie is so sad about a drunk mother.
  • August 12, 2007
    When a Man Loves a Woman is a dumb title (not another classic pop song, please) for a very smart movie. A kind of gender-switch take on The Lost Weekend, it's about a woman (Meg Ryan) whose alcoholism almost destroys her family.
  • June 11, 2007
    I want to marry a man like this!
  • May 7, 2007
    Been there, done that! A soapy drama about Andy Garcia dealing with his drunk of a wife. I found it superficial, hackneyed and judgmental.
  • November 5, 2009
    Crazy wen a man loves a woman wholeheartedly
  • October 22, 2009
    Jag kände en enorm smärta och empati när jag tittade på denna film. Det är ett väldigt smärtsamt ämne som tas upp och de små flickorna i filmen gör helt otroligt bra ifrån sig som skådespelerskor.
  • September 23, 2009
    andy garcia and meg ryan do it well
  • September 19, 2009
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    When a man loves a woman was for me a very touching movie. It dealt with realistic facts of life such as alcoholism and how it can a...( read more)ffect a family. It was so sad to see the eldest daughter face in the movie, when she saw her mother drunken. Andy Garcia, who played the husband role, loved his wife deeply, but he was powerless to help her and to see his marriage fell apart. Meg Ryan was great as usually and this role was sure not an easy one for her. I loved the end, because it had some happiness for the characters.
  • September 13, 2009
    i really like the movie, very touching and emotional. i really cried at the end. i watched it many times already. i hope all guys are like him

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  • mariefuller80
    August 13, 2008
    Very good romance drama that documents a middle class family affected by alcoholism.
  • heraph24
    November 11, 2007
    a tear jerker movie, cant remember how i sob in this movie , i think i was totally carried away that its in my whole system even now, still remember every piece of it, hehehehe.
    huh! super sana kita ako nang man like him.

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