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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.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.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.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations
Annie Morgan
- Liza
- (as Ann Morgan)
J.D. Walsh
- Bern
- (as JD Walsh)
David Lenthall
- Hobbytown USA Clerk
- (as David Lenthal)
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- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaScreenplay written by Gordy Hoffman, Philip Seymour's brother.
- GoofsWhen Wilson goes into the garage, his wife's car is still there. He looks down at the exhaust pipe to see it has been stuffed with rags. This was her apparent method of suicide. However, blocking the tailpipe of a car won't cause a backup of fumes. The engine will not start when the tailpipe is blocked.
- Quotes
Model Boat Man: HEY! There's no swimming today!
Wilson Joel: Do you know who I am?
[pause]
Wilson Joel: I am a big fan of Radio Control!
- Crazy creditsSPECIAL THANKS TO Melissa Morgan's Parents and Family
- ConnectionsReferenced in High Chaparall: Robert Englund (2004)
- SoundtracksMovie On The Way Down
Written and Performed by Jim O'Rourke
© 1999 Field Code Music (BMI)
Courtesy of Drag City
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A difficult to watch downer
Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Wilson, a software engineer who has just lost his wife to suicide. The movie traces Wilson's descent into gasoline sniffing, erratic behavior, wanton risk taking, and ultimate self-destruction.
P.S.H. and Kathy Bates turn in good performances but, whereas Hoffman is the central focus, his performance is a little more mannered and forced than we have come to expect from him.
Maybe there is no more meaning to grief than as a highly personal experience, but as a moviegoer having suffered through this man's trauma for an hour and a half I wanted more reward. The hook to keep us interested was the suicide note, but it turned out to be rather generic. At the end we are just left with lots of questions: what was Wilson's wife like, did he drive her to suicide, how come he had no friends, what was it in the relationship that the suicide knocked him for such a loop, what was he like before the suicide, does the final scene imply that Wilson has taken the final step into madness or that the only way for him to recover was to leave everything behind?
If you are a P.S.H fan, then maybe there is enough here for you, but I think this movie will be a little too dark for most viewers.
P.S.H. and Kathy Bates turn in good performances but, whereas Hoffman is the central focus, his performance is a little more mannered and forced than we have come to expect from him.
Maybe there is no more meaning to grief than as a highly personal experience, but as a moviegoer having suffered through this man's trauma for an hour and a half I wanted more reward. The hook to keep us interested was the suicide note, but it turned out to be rather generic. At the end we are just left with lots of questions: what was Wilson's wife like, did he drive her to suicide, how come he had no friends, what was it in the relationship that the suicide knocked him for such a loop, what was he like before the suicide, does the final scene imply that Wilson has taken the final step into madness or that the only way for him to recover was to leave everything behind?
If you are a P.S.H fan, then maybe there is enough here for you, but I think this movie will be a little too dark for most viewers.
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- Also known as
- Con amor, Liza
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- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $213,137
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,522
- Jan 5, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $223,426
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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