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1	* AcclaimedFlop: The film has an 84% Website/RottenTomatoes rating, Creator/RogerEbert gave it a 3.5/4 rating in [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130507135119/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/marvins-room-1997 his 1997 review]], and Creator/DianeKeaton earned several award nominations for her leading role as Bessie. However, it did not recoup its budget; see BoxOfficeBomb below.
2	* AllStarCast: Creator/MerylStreep, Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, and Creator/DianeKeaton headline the film. Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/HumeCronyn, Broadway legend Gwen Verdon, Creator/DanHedaya, and Creator/MargoMartindale appear in supporting roles. Creator/KellyRipa (in her feature film debut) and Cynthia Nixon (pre-''Series/SexAndTheCity'') appear in minor roles.
3	* BoxOfficeBomb: The film's budget was $23 million, but it only made $12.8 million domestically.
4	* CaliforniaDoubling: Set in Florida, but filmed mostly in Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York. However, according to [[https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1995-10-26-9510260220-story.html this Orlando Sentinel article]], exterior scenes were shot on location in Florida during the final three weeks of production in October 1995, including a three-day shoot in Ride/WaltDisneyWorld.
5	* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/MerylStreep was initially considered for the role of Bessie. Instead, she was cast as Bessie's younger sister, Lee.
6	* DawsonCasting:
7	** Played Straight with Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, who was 20 playing 17-year-old Hank at the time of filming.
8	** Averted with Hal Scardino, who was 10 playing 10-year-old Charlie.
9	* ProducedByCastMember: Creator/RobertDeNiro appears as supporting character Dr. Wally, and also serves as one of the producers.
10	* ThoseTwoActors:
11	** Creator/MerylStreep:
12	*** She and Creator/DianeKeaton previously co-starred together in ''Film/{{Manhattan}}''.
13	*** She and Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio would later reunite in Creator/AdamMcKay's ''Film/DontLookUp''.
14	*** She and Creator/RobertDeNiro previously starred together in ''Film/TheDeerHunter'' and ''Falling in Love''.
15	*** She and Creator/DanHedaya previously appeared together in ''The Seduction of Joe Tynan''.
16	*** She and Creator/MargoMartindale would later reunite in ''...First Do No Harm'', ''Literature/TheHours'', and ''Theatre/AugustOsageCounty''.
17	** Creator/DianeKeaton:
18	*** She and Creator/RobertDeNiro previously appeared together in ''[[Film/TheGodfather The Godfather Part II]]'', and would later reunite in ''Film/TheBigWedding''.
19	*** She and Creator/DanHedaya appeared in this film the same year that they starred together in ''Film/TheFirstWivesClub''.
20	** Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio and Creator/RobertDeNiro previously starred together in ''This Boy's Life'', and reunited in ''Film/KillersOfTheFlowerMoon''.
21	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, and Creator/KathleenTurner were considered for the role of Bessie.
22	* WriteWhatYouKnow: Scott [=McPherson=] based his screenplay on his experiences from living through the AIDS epidemic, which he died from in 1992.
23	* WriteWhoYouKnow: Scott [=McPherson=] based some of the characters on his older relatives who lived in Florida.

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