Technically, Critters 3 did. But What’s Eating Gilbert Grape put him on the map, 4 years later he did Titanic (which put him on the A-list and I think that it's Leo's best movie.
@@ricardocantoral7672 no I am not, I am saying that I think that it's his best movie at the moment, it's currently my favorite movie of his, because I need to see other movies of his like Gangs of New York, Inception and The Wolf of Wall Street.
I remember seeing "What's Eating Gilbert Grape' in the theater (of course WAYYYY before Leonardo got to be the big heartthrob) and yes, Johnny Depp was awesome in the part of Gilbert..... but we actually thought it was a real mentally-challenged kid 'playing' the part of Arnie..... THAT'S how phenomonal his performance was! He deserved an Oscar for that!!!
Haha! I remember seeing this film in the theater (of course WAYYYY before Leonardo got to be the big heartthrob) -we actually thought it was a real mentally-challenged kid 'playing' the part of Arnie..... THAT'S how good his performance was! He deserved an Oscar for that!!!
It's insane to me how these guys would spoil movies. Like, saying that the characters in the Pelican Brief stay one step ahead of the assasssins is a massive spoiler. Sure, you might expect that, but you sure as heck could write this movie to where one of them ends up dead.
Glad I finally saw this because they hit it on the head with Philadelphia. The courtroom scenes, the entire premise of why he was fired were absurd. It's actually the rare really bad film that had great performances.
1. The Pelican Brief - political "mumbo-jumbo" based on the bestselling John Grisham novel (a "trend" in the mid-90s --- The Client, Pelican..., The Chamber, A Time to Kill)... I agree with Ebert that he is "an overrated writer". Alan J. Pakula made classics before (All The President's Men; Sophie's Choice; Klute). 👎👎 2. Philadelphia - nothing groundbreaking in Jonathan Demme's "ambitious" (with middling results) film about an HIV-positive lawyer that embarks on a legal battle with his law firm. This glossy Hollywood acting vehicle is unbelievable in many levels, and the dialogue is all "speech-fying". Norman Rene's "A Longtime Companion" treated the theme more believably. 👎 3. Wrestling Ernest Hemingway - an aimless dramedy about the friendship between elderly men. 👎👎 4. What's Eating Gilbert Grape? - Leonardo di Caprio shines in his Oscar-nominated role in Lasse Hallstrom's sappy drama. 👍
