Marvin's Room Critic Reviews

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.Read the full review

The famous faces make it difficult, at first, to sink into the story, but eventually we do; the characters become so convincing that even if we're aware of Keaton and Streep, it's as if these events are happening to them.Read the full review

Yet, even on those occasions when the screenplay falters, the actors are there to take up the slack.Read the full review

The whole film is laced with shards of humor and irony, which proves helpful, considering the basically downbeat nature of the material.Read the full review

Any movie with Meryl Streep is an occasion, but when you add Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Hume Cronyn and Gwen Verdon, you've got an embarrassment of riches.Read the full review

The three are so full-bodied and so powerfully affecting that you're carried along on the pleasure of being in the presence of their extraordinary talent.Read the full review

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]Read the full review

Though comedy is an intrinsic part of the play, director Zaks has not found a way to translate it effectively on screen.Read the full review

But for most audiences, this bittersweet family saga is going to feel like an ordeal.Read the full review