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6.9/10
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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)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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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I call Philip Seymour Hoffman my favorite actor, so of course when I found a movie where he is the center of attention (not usually the case) I felt obligated to see it. His older brother wrote the screenplay, no doubt with Philip in mind for the part.
To tell you the truth, the overall feel of the movie wasn't so great. I'm sure that Hoffman played the character well, but we only get to see this character in this very strange part of his life. There's no context to judge how much of his behavior is situational. He seems to be cracking up, laughing at the office in a way that makes the others leave the area, and generally behaving in a way that shows lack of judgment. We understand that his wife just took her own life, it's revealed early on in the film, so we understand why he is behaving the way he is, we just don't know what he's normally like. I enjoyed Jack Kehler's character. He seems to be the kind of person you'd like to avoid talking to more than just briefly, but it makes sense that he gets on well with Hoffman's character during his time of turmoil. There were some things they chose to put in the movie (like his glass falling over at the beach, the flowers falling over at the cemetery, and the glove compartment not shutting) that felt like they would happen in real life - like real life metaphors, and I appreciated that element. I thought the gas huffing was a little strange until I read that there was a definite connection to the way his wife died. It's a tricky film to judge. It's hard to empathize with character because he's just so outside the norm, but it's easy not to judge him because it's hard to imagine anything much worse happening to a person.
If you really like Philip Seymour Hoffman I would tell you to go ahead and rent the film, I would at the same time tell you to keep your expectations lowered.
To tell you the truth, the overall feel of the movie wasn't so great. I'm sure that Hoffman played the character well, but we only get to see this character in this very strange part of his life. There's no context to judge how much of his behavior is situational. He seems to be cracking up, laughing at the office in a way that makes the others leave the area, and generally behaving in a way that shows lack of judgment. We understand that his wife just took her own life, it's revealed early on in the film, so we understand why he is behaving the way he is, we just don't know what he's normally like. I enjoyed Jack Kehler's character. He seems to be the kind of person you'd like to avoid talking to more than just briefly, but it makes sense that he gets on well with Hoffman's character during his time of turmoil. There were some things they chose to put in the movie (like his glass falling over at the beach, the flowers falling over at the cemetery, and the glove compartment not shutting) that felt like they would happen in real life - like real life metaphors, and I appreciated that element. I thought the gas huffing was a little strange until I read that there was a definite connection to the way his wife died. It's a tricky film to judge. It's hard to empathize with character because he's just so outside the norm, but it's easy not to judge him because it's hard to imagine anything much worse happening to a person.
If you really like Philip Seymour Hoffman I would tell you to go ahead and rent the film, I would at the same time tell you to keep your expectations lowered.
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- 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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- 1.85 : 1
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