Synopsis
When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) is an American drama directed by Luis Mandoki — watch it online on iFILM. Andy Garcia and Meg Ryan play Michael and Alice Green, an outwardly solid couple raising two daughters in San Francisco. He is an airline pilot. She is a school counselor who has been quietly drinking her way through both jobs.
When Alice collapses in front of her daughter, the secret is out. She goes into residential treatment, and the film shifts into uncomfortable territory: Michael, convinced he has always been the steady one, slowly realizes that his willingness to cover for his wife and absorb her chaos had its own name — enabling. Philip Seymour Hoffman appears in a supporting role, already commanding every scene he inhabits.
Ryan stripped away her usual comedic ease for this one, and the result is one of the more honest screen portrayals of alcoholism's effect on a family — not melodramatic, just grinding and true. Stream When a Man Loves a Woman online on iFILM.
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