- Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Hindi, Portuguese
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Columbia/Tristar Vid
- Release Date: May 27 2003
- Run Time: 90 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00008WI9N
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #35,912 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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A finely detailed character study, Love Liza offers yet another excellent performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Written by Hoffman's brother Gordy (who won the Best Screenplay award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival) and directed by first-timer Todd Louiso (an actor best known for memorable roles in Jerry Maguire and High Fidelity), this poignant, offbeat drama focuses intently on Wilson Joel (Hoffman), a computer programmer whose wife has recently committed suicide, leaving Wilson a sealed note that he can't bring himself to read, despite the urgings of his grieving mother-in-law (played to perfection by Kathy Bates). As Wilson huffs gasoline fumes to numb his emotional anguish, Love Liza unfolds as a patiently measured study of grief and loss (like the similarly themed Moonlight Mile), and Louiso shows great promise as a sensitive observer of authentic human behavior. With humor and heartbreak, Love Liza taps into what Hoffman does best. --Jeff Shannon
Video Details
Following the unexplained suicide of his wife, Liza, website designer Wilson Joel (Hoffman) turns to gasoline fumes and remote control gaming while avoiding an inevitable conflict with his mother-in-law (Bates). Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman (Punch-Drunk Love, 25th Hour, Magnolia), Academy Award Winner Kathy Bates (About Schmidt, Primary Colors, Titantic).
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Hoffman Does What He Does Best,
By Martin A Hogan "Marty From SF" (San Francisco, CA. (Hercules)) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Love Liza (DVD)
Philip Seymour Hoffman is one of the greatest character actors of this era. His brother penned this story to suit his best known character - that of a hopeless loser, a character he does all too well.Beginning with the suicide of his wife by garage gasoline fumes (gas becomes a continuing motif throughout the film), Hoffman spends the rest of the film in a downward spiral. He is befriended by a mentally challenged man who's only passion is gasoline motored airplanes and boats. This fills much of the film and presents what seems to be endless tedium. Hoffman drowns his sorrows by constantly sniffing gas and we meet his much too trustful boss, his neighbors doper kids and the wasted Kathy Bates as his mother-in-law. Bates does manage to bring some life to her character, but it's too little, too late. The climax is all fixed on the non-stop tension caused by the unopened suicide note. By the end of the film, we realize why his wife died and why this film goes up in smoke. I can't wait for his next film, truly.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Should've won best actor!!!,
By CALLAHAN "HARRY" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Love Liza (DVD)
The acting by Philip Seymour Hoffman is the absolute best performance I have seen since Nic Cage in "Leaving Las Vegas".The story is simply captivating which allows for good story telling with great acting.ONE NOTE, out of all the people I have shown this movie to they didn't like it too much.I suppose this is a very dark movie which some people do not like.The character is very much like Nic Cage's character in 'Leaving Las Vegas'. Depressed and abusing himself.Unlike LLV, this one does have displays of caring and touching characters that help keep the movie entertaining. It's like a adventure movie to discovery of one's plight and characters that intermingle very well into the film.If I was to suggest this to anyone,I would say this:IF YOU ENTIRELY LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT "LEAVING LAS VEGAS", then you should love everything about "Love Liza".Has the same qualities and story telling as that classic. If "Leaving Las Vegas" had ANY elements that you didn't like about it, then you probablly won't like 'Love Liza". Plus this movie is a bit shorter unfortunatly at only 88mins.I loved everything about this movie and if I was an Academy member it would've won Best Actor & Best Picture for that year.For the DVD extras it has about as much as they could give you.The writters along with Hoffman do the commentary and give some great insight to the movie and their thinking.
3.0 out of 5 stars
ALEXS CAPSULE MOVIE REVIEWS,
By "boxingelena2000" (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Love Liza (DVD)
Highlights: Yet another incredible performance from Phillip Seymour Hoffman; poignant script; darkly hilarious moments; good maintaining of a pessimistic atmosphere.Lowpoints: It is evident that it's the director's, Todd Luiso's, debut - the film seems to avoid subjects that get excessively intricate, and bombards the audience with pompous, supposedly meaningful subtlety - in other words, Love Liza is pretentious at times; the film supplies its audience with no resolution, though foreshadows one throughout, which might leave some agitated; Love Liza's perpetual pessimism might upset viewers. Conclusion: Though ostentatious at certain points, Love Liza is a worthy little addition to any indie DVD collection. It will dazzle with its central performance, and astound with some incredibly nuanced scenes. SEE THIS IF YOU LIKED: Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love, Wings of Desire, About Schmidt.
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