Review of Love Liza (2002) by Matthew P — 26 Jun 2008
Great character study, carried by Philip Seymor Hoffman, with assistance by Kathy Bates. Forgot how good this was til I caught it again recently.
A man's wife suddenly kills herself, and distraught he in turn begins a self destructive lifestyle o...(read more)f huffing gasoline. In order to explain why he's carrying gas around with him, he lies and says it's for remote controlled air planes. After a gas attendent finally calls him on it, he begins a bender/mental collapse induced mission to find a remote control plane competition. Slow paced, but rewarding, and sincere. Though bleak at times it's one of the most emotionally rich looks at greif, I've ever seen in a film. Or wanted to see, for that matter, because the subject disinterested me from the word go. Anway it's a great thing to be proven wrong sometimes. "I am a BIG FAN of Radio Control"!
This review of Love Liza (2002) was written by Matthew P on 26 Jun 2008.
Love Liza has generally received positive reviews.
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