Cast Carries ‘Marvin’s Room’

Based on a stage play, “Marvin’s Room” is equal parts bittersweet comedy and harshworded melodrama. The film depends on its talented cast, from Leonardo DiCaprio as a troubled adolescent to Gwen Verdon as his befuddled great aunt. Both are good, but Diane Keaton earned an Oscar nomination as the sister who stayed home and Meryl Streep is even better as her cigarette-smoking sibling. , DataTimes ILLUSTRATION: Photo