When a Man Loves a Woman

...most welcome for affording Andy Garcia an overdue opportunity to demonstrate how beautifully he can play agonized sensitivity, while Meg Ryan bravely bucks her image to play an alcoholic...

Here is a wise and ambitious film about the way alcoholism affects the fabric of a marriage.

The film's poignancy is its strength, even as occasional didactic tendencies are its weakness. In balance, the former by far outweighs the latter, making this a worthwhile picture.

...a terrific story about an upper middle-class, San Francisco couple caught in the downward slide of alcoholism.

...say that alcoholism isn't just the problem of the drinker, that it's the problem of everyone around her...