He eventually turns to inhaling gasoline fumes as a way of escaping, but must explain the smell to Maura by lying that it's from his work with remote controlled model airplanes. That ultimately leads to him meeting Denny (JACK KEHLER), an odd sort and model hobbyist who soon befriends the grieving and increasingly high widower.
Wilson's addiction to such fumes means that he can temporarily forget about his mixed urge and reluctance to open what's presumably Liza's suicide note to him. Her mother, Mary Ann Bankhead (KATHY BATES), doesn't want to read it either and it eventually becomes a tattered reminder of what once was. As Wilson's addiction grows more incessant, he tries to come to grips with what's occurred and eventually summon the courage to open that letter.
A man and his mother-in-law deal with the suicide of his wife (her daughter) which occurs before the story begins, and related tense family material is present throughout the film. Various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes, while some drink (one while driving) and a few miscellaneous ones smoke.
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(2002) (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kathy Bates) (R)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Extreme
Minor
Heavy
Minor
Minor
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Heavy
None
None
None
Extreme
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Heavy
Minor
Extreme
Heavy
Minor
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Reviewed January 31, 2003 / Posted February 7, 2003
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