"Through the good times. Through the bad times. When a Man Loves a Woman it's for all times."

1994

2h 6m

6.6(363 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her addictions threaten her life and their daughter's safety. While the woman enters detox, her husband must face the truth of his enabling behavior.

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40 members

Acting

Andy García

Michael Green

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Meg Ryan

Alice Green

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Tina Majorino

Jessica Green

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

Gary

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Mae Whitman

Casey Green

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Ellen Burstyn

Emily

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Eugene Roche

Walter

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Gail Strickland

Pam

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Susanna Thompson

Janet

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Lauren Tom

Amy

Directing

Steven Brill

Madras Tie Guy

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Erinn Canavan

Shannon

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LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Dr. Gina Mendez

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Bari K. Willerford

Malcolm

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James Jude Courtney

Earl

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Jacques De Groot

Guy in the Back

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Anne Ohliger

Jess - 4 Yrs. Old

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Tony Montero

Bartender

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Cynthia Mace

De-tox Nurse

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Jennie Yee

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William Frankfather

Al-anon Leader

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Ellen Geer

Woman at Al-Anon

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Angelina Fiordellisi

Joanna

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Production

Elizabeth Lang

AA Woman

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Syd Field

Patient #1

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Peer Ebbighausen

Patient #2

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Writing

Ronald Bass

AA Man #1

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Joe Drago

AA Man #2

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Andrew Magarian

AA Man #3

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Amy Treese

AA Woman #2

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Brandis Kemp

AA Woman #3

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Judith Friend

AA Woman #4

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Deana Kobrynski

AA Woman #5

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Rico E. Anderson

Barfly (uncredited)

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Lena Banks

Nurse (uncredited)

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Richard Bradford

Angry Man Watching TV (uncredited)

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Al Franken

Co-Pilot (uncredited)

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Craig Richards

Patient #3 (uncredited)

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Reed Rudy

Angry Guy (uncredited)

Directing

Joseph Quinn Simpkins

Barfly (uncredited)

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