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Love Liza is a 2002 American tragicomedic [3] drama film directed by Todd Louiso and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Jack Kehler, Wayne Duvall, Sarah Koskoff and Stephen Tobolowsky. The film is written by Gordy Hoffman, a playwright and the elder brother of Philip. Love Liza debuted at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, where it won ...
Jan 31, 2003 · Love Liza: Directed by Todd Louiso. With Philip Seymour Hoffman, J.D. Walsh, Jimmy Raskin, Kathy Bates. A depressed widower spends his time huffing gasoline fumes, buying toy planes and acting reckless in public while avoiding reading his wife's suicide note.
63. Watch on Apple iTunes. R 1 hr 30 min Jan 14th, 2002 Drama, Comedy. Following the unexplained suicide of his wife Liza, website designer Wilson Joel turns to huffing gasoline fumes and remote ...
Feb 7, 2003 · Love Liza. Diane Lane, who worked on Philip Seymour Hoffman 's second movie, remembers that the cast almost tiptoed around him, he seemed so fragile. He's a bulky man, substantial, and yet in many of his roles he seems ready to deflate with a last exhausted sigh. It is a little startling to meet him in person and discover he is outgoing ...
Dec 30, 2002 · Watch Love Liza with a subscription on Prime Video, rent on Fandango at Home, or buy on Fandango at Home. Hoffman's performance is strong, but the lack of character development and story arc makes ...
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Wilson Joel is a man in trouble. There's a searing pain in his gut that he can't tolerate and a dazed quietness to his struggle as he tries to maintain his equilibrium. Wilson is attempting to move on from the sudden and inexplicable suicide of his wife. His mother-in-law is there for him, but her sympathies turn quickly.
Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, Love Liza features Philip Seymour Hoffman as Wilson Joel, a successful Web site designer whose world is shattered by the inexplicable suicide of his wife, Liza. He turns to his mother-in-law (Kathy Bates) for support; their relationship intensifies when Wilson refuses to open a letter Liza left behind for fear it will shatter his ideal of the perfect life they shared. As Wilson attempts to rebuild his life ...
