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  • 1996
  • PG-13
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 1996
  • PG-13
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 38 m
Marvin's Room

Summary Seventeen years ago, fiercely independent Lee (Streep) left home ... and left behind her kindhearted sister Bessie (Keaton) to care for their father, Marvin (Cronyn). But now Lee is returning with her teenage son (DiCaprio), for a homecoming that's sure to turn the entire household upside down. (BV Entertainment)

Directed By: Jerry Zaks

Written By: Scott McPherson

  • 1996
  • PG-13
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 1996
  • PG-13
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 38 m

Marvin's Room

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
67
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 41 User Ratings
7.9
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Summary Seventeen years ago, fiercely independent Lee (Streep) left home ... and left behind her kindhearted sister Bessie (Keaton) to care for their father, Marvin (Cronyn). But now Lee is returning with her teenage son (DiCaprio), for a homecoming that's sure to turn the entire household upside down. (BV Entertainment)

Directed By: Jerry Zaks

Written By: Scott McPherson

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
67
65% Positive
13 Reviews
30% Mixed
6 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
67
65% Positive
13 Reviews
30% Mixed
6 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review

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90
Nonetheless, Marvin's Room is not only sharply written and well-acted, but it's also the rare sort of film that takes an honest and uncompromising look at death and dying.
By Keith Phipps FULL REVIEW
80
The whole film is laced with shards of humor and irony, which proves helpful, considering the basically downbeat nature of the material.
By Emanuel Levy FULL REVIEW
75
Keaton doesn't stoop to bitter-spinster blather. Instead, the luminous vulnerability that served her well in such dramas as "Shoot the Moon" lights up this depressing, gallows-humored heart-tugger. [18 Dec 1996, Pg.01.D]
By Susan Wloszczyna FULL REVIEW
75
Add to that a perfect cast and one's only complaint will be that this is, at heart, another tear-jerker about how good it is to love and be alive and all of that.
By Barbara Shulgasser FULL REVIEW
60
Great actors do what they can in a simple and largely unaffecting story.
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60
Though comedy is an intrinsic part of the play, director Zaks has not found a way to translate it effectively on screen.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
10
Keaton and DiCaprio manage to bring several levels of emotion to their characters, but everyone else is a cardboard cut-out.
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Generally Favorable Based on 41 User Ratings
7.9
78% Positive
32 Ratings
17% Mixed
7 Ratings
5% Negative
2 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 41 User Ratings
7.9
78% Positive
32 Ratings
17% Mixed
7 Ratings
5% Negative
2 Ratings

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Production Company Scott Rudin Productions, Tribeca Productions, Marvin Productions
Release Date Dec 18, 1996
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline A story about the years that keep us apart... And the moments that bring us together.
Website http://www.facebook.com/MarvinsRoomMovie
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Chlotrudis Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations

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