YMMV / When a Man Loves a Woman

• Broken Base: Between those who praise this as a movie that gets alcoholism and recovery right (including Roger Ebert, who gave the movie four out of four stars), and those who find it treats both of those in a facile way.
• Retroactive Recognition: In addition to being early roles for Tina Majorino and Mae Whitman, this movie also has one of Philip Seymour Hoffman's earliest roles; he plays a recovering addict whom Alice bonds with.