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Marvin's Room

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Cast: Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep, Margo Martindale, Hume Cronyn, see all

Genre: Drama

Release Date: February 28, 1997

MPAA Rating: PG-13

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Excellent family drama

Feb 1, 2009

by KonaCat

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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.