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Marvin's Room (1996) Rank 3 Reviews
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San Francisco Chronicle (Edward Guthmann)
San Francisco Examiner (Barbara Shulgasser)
San Francisco Chronicle (Edward Guthmann)
Scott Renshaw
Diane Keaton plays Bessie Wakefield, a nevermarried woman who has spent most of her adult life caring for her bedridden father Marvin (Hume Cronyn) and somewhat simpleminded Aunt Ruth (Gwen Verdon) in Florida. After years of helping others, however, ...read the complete Marvin's Room movie review at Scott Renshaw
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Globe and Mail (--)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
The sisters are Bessie (Diane Keaton) and Lee (Meryl Streep). Twenty years ago, their father, Marvin (Hume Cronyn), had a stroke, and Bessie had to move to Florida to take care of him and her sick, soap opera-obsessed Aunt Ruth (Gwen Verdon, who ...read the complete Marvin's Room movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)
MARVIN'S ROOM is a leftover from last year, an adaptation of Scott McPherson's stage play with Diane Keaton and Meryl Streep starring as long-estranged sisters who are reunited for a family illness. With a cast that includes Robert DeNiro and Leonardo ...read the complete Marvin's Room movie review at Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)
Cinematter (Matt Williams)
Well acted, but not often believable, dysfunctional family drama. Meryl Streep stars as Lee, a domineering single mother/cosmetologist in Cleveland, who is raising two children. The eldest (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a semi-insane rebel, put in a mental ...read the complete Marvin's Room movie review at Cinematter (Matt Williams)
Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Based on a play by Scott McPherson's who died of AIDS, it's impossible to watch the well-acted film (particularly Diane Keaton, who should get an Oscar nod) without thinking of its themees: the various approaches to love and the strength of family bonds ...read the complete Marvin's Room movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
To enjoy the music for Marvin's Room, you need to be
in tune with the Portman style that would be best established in her The
Cider House Rules days. There is one distinction to draw between these
two styles of drama for Portman, ...read the complete Marvin's Room movie review at Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
Detroit News (Susan Stark)
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
artechock (Ruediger Suchsland)
Tucson Weekly (Stacey Richter)
Almost Fabulous Movie Reviews
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
That would be enjoying the ensemble acting as the newly reunited family comes to grips with one another. Playing the frumpy, uncertain Bess, Keaton is enormously touching, and Streep must have had great fun with the bitch on wheels part of Lee. As for ...read the complete Marvin's Room movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Teen Movie Critic (Vivian Rose)
The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
www.zelluloid.de review: Marvins Töchter
Spirituality & Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Movie Magazine International
The Boston Phoenix
Film Scouts (Henri Béhar)
Philadelphia City Paper (Cindy Fuchs)
Images (Gary Johnson)
Tempi Moderni
"Talvolta un destino terribilmente duro è superato da un semplice atto d'amore, dal prendersi cura l'uno dell'altro". Queste parole di Scott McPherson, autore della sceneggiatura del film, e dell'opera teatrale e del romanzo che la precedono, raccolgono ...read the complete Marvin's Room movie review at Tempi Moderni
Steve Rhodes
Bessie, played with resolve but none of her normal ditziness by Diane Keaton, is her family's Rock of Gibraltar. She has given up her own life to go to Florida to care for her dying father Marvin, performed only with grunts by Hume Cronyn. "Dad's ...read the complete Marvin's Room movie review at Steve Rhodes
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
This weepfest really pulls out all the stops: Not only is Meryl's sister (Diane Keaton) dying of leukemia, her dad's (Hume Cronyn) almost a vegatable, and her son's (Leonardo DiCaprio) a rotten pyromaniac. Poor Meryl. There's a lot of talent that ...read the complete Marvin's Room movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
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