<Li> Mae Whitman as Casey Green </Li> <Li> Ellen Burstyn as Emily </Li> <P> Tom Hanks was considered for Garcia's role and Michelle Pfeiffer and Debra Winger were considered for Ryan's role . </P> <P> The movie debuted at No. 2 behind The Crow . When a Man Loves a Woman currently holds a 71% fresh rating among critics at Rotten Tomatoes, although the film has a mixed reception and is seen unfavorably by many because of its length and the way it deals with alcoholism and stress in the family . James Berardinelli stated that the "ending is too facile", and that the film took "longer than necessary to arrive at its resolution", adding that there are moments in the film where the script would strike a raw nerve with certain people because of how it judges alcoholics and deals with issues related to alcoholism . However, he said that the "film's poignancy is its strength, even if occasional didactic tendencies are its weakness". David Denby of New York Magazine called it an "earnest and highly prolonged counseling disappointment", a "pushy therapeutic exercise" which, although intelligent, features "endless talk, a stunted mise en scène, and a moral atmosphere of dogged and literal - minded persistence" which "overvalues its own sobriety". Roger Ebert, himself a recovering alcoholic, wrote a very profound review of the movie praising its artistic qualities just in passing ("I couldn't find a false note in Ryan's performance - and only one in Garcia's ...") but more acknowledging its perfect description of the role of the family enablers in development of alcoholism . </P>

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