Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

There is definitely an excellent idea hidden in the background of the film. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find it.

...was Kathy Bates, "You had it all!" Otherwise, painstakingly sat through this just to see what the letter said. Depressing story of a man on a downward spiral. Highly unlikely there would be no mishaps while sucking gas fumes. Only if you love PSH should you watch this movie.

'Love Liza' tells the story of a young man's, Wilson's (Philip Seymour Hoffman) grief and struggle to come to term with the suicide of his wife, Liza. Gordy Hoffman's screenplay is a character driven piece that is covered with layers of darkness as it frighteningly reveals the disturbing effect of suicide on loved ones. It isn't an easy film to watch but it's insightful and a courageous effort. Todd Louiso does a competent job. His direction is minimalistic so as not to distract the viewer from Wilson. As character-driven films significantly depend on the lead actor, 'Love Liza' required someone of considerable talent and what a performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Admittedly he has played similar roles before and that too with excellence. Thus, he's just the right candidate for the part. Hoffman's effortless and understated portrayal is devastating. Kathy Bates is equally transcendent as Wilson's mother-in-law who is dealing with her daughter's death and frantically worrying about her son-in-law. Sarah Koskoff and Jack Kehler provide excellent support. Needless to say, 'Love Liza' is dark, disturbing and difficult to watch but a commendable effort that may be harder to overlook.

Before you watch this film you must ask yourself, how depressed am I? There is not a bright light in this film anywhere. If you are already on the edge and don't want to go over, I would not recommend watching this film.That said, Phillip Seymour Hoffman gave an Oscar-worthy performance. He was completely terrific and should have won the Oscar for this film. Kathy Bates was great too. Everyone was great. The story was believable and well scripted.But, unless you enjoy slumming in depression, I would forgo watching this film. There are too many other films that offer even the smallest ray of positivity to spend your time on this one. A tiny smile generated from a film is, in my humble opinion, better than being left looking for the razor blades.I gave it a 7 because of the craftsmanship exhibited by the actors and filmmakers. If I had to give it a rating on how it made me feel afterward, I'd probably have to give it a 1.

Love Liza is a brilliant study into the mind of a man who seemingly had everything in life, a good career, a house and a wife who he loved. Hoffmans portrayal of a man driven over the edge by his wife's suicide. Hoffman struggles with addiction and pain throughout the movie, he carried this film, the writing i thought was amazing, the direction was not that great, but the effort was there.Now with that said let's move to probably the greatest soundtrack i've ever heard, Jim O Rourke who i am a huge huge fan of gave this movie more life then it had, he put songs from his four albums on there and they just captivated me even more, his lyrics are poetry, his guitar playing again is poetry, and after meeting him many times, the man is exactly like his lyrics and music, weird and beautiful and also a bit out of his mind, songs like "Movie on the way down" and "Get a room" make this such a command movie, its one of my favorites and will continue to be for a very long time.