| Marvin's Room |  | Director: Jerry Zaks
Actors: Meryl Streep, Leonardo Dicaprio, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Hume Cronyn
Category: DVD
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Rating:  92 reviews
Sales Rank: 140266
Format: Ntsc
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time: 98 Minutes
EAN: 3384446002918
ASIN: B00004VYC7
Theatrical Release Date: December 18, 1996
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Scott McPherson's off-Broadway hit made a strong transition to the screen in this 1996 film by director Jerry Zaks. Diane Keaton stars as a woman who, while taking care of her vegetating father in Florida, discovers that she has leukemia. Only her long-estranged sister (Meryl Streep) or the sister's children can provide a possible match for a bone-marrow transplant. But the reunion is a rocky one, marked both by Streep's guilt at having abandoned her sister to take care of their father, and by the explosive dynamic between Streep and her rebellious, pyromaniac oldest son (Leonardo DiCaprio). As grim as this all sounds, there is a strong vein of black humor running through it that has the viewer laughing at unlikely moments (particularly Keaton's visits to her distracted doctor, a surprisingly funny Robert De Niro). But rest assured: tears will flow, even as the film makes you reassess all of your own family relationships. --Marshall Fine
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 MARVIN'S ROOM March 20, 2009
Patricia Selaya
LOVED THIS MOVIE AND GOT A VERY FAST DELIVERY ON IT. IT WAS DELIVERED AS DESCRIBED AND WE HAVE ENJOYED VIEWING IT. THANKS FOR THE GREAT SERVICE!
Excellent family drama January 24, 2009
Kona (Emerald City)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Saintly Bessie (Diane Keaton) has devoted her life to caring for her ailing father with no help from her estranged sister, Lee (Meryl Streep), the black sheep of the family. But now, Bessie is gravely ill and needs Lee's help.
I usually don't care for Diane Keaton's acting, but I did like her in this role. She plays an utterly selfless woman who could easily have been cloying, but was instead quite sympathetic and noble. Streep does her usual expert job, playing a woman who won't win any Mother of the Year awards. And DiCaprio, looking very young a year before Titanic, steals all his scenes as a dangerous teen who hates his mother so much he burns down the house.
This is a poignant look at the conflicts between siblings and parent and child, played against the backdrop of illness and dying. I'll want to watch it again when I'm feeling blue; it will help me keep things in perspective and remind me what's really important.
Marvin's Room DVD Just What I was Looking For May 8, 2008
C. D. Leibrand (Chesapeake, VA USA)
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 Great Performances May 2, 2008
Meg_Breanne (British Columbia, Canada)
This cast is phenomenally talented. The plot was realistic as many families have that not so warm and fuzzy relationship. Watching as these characters struggled through intensely difficult situations was a treat. A must watch movie.
Real life has pain...and joy... April 11, 2008
snakecatcher2000 (Cedar Park, TX United States)
Streep is excellent. DiCaprio turns in one of his finest as the tormented & rebelious teenager. Hume Cronyn does so much with just his eyes and no words. But fellow movie fans, the darling of this film is Diane Keaton. This is one of the best films I've seen about extremely dysfunctional families tearing themselves up trying to fix themselves. It's beautifully done.
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