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...silence was funereal. The surprise, perhaps, is not that a Warhol made only $190,000; the prices of Old Silverwig's work have been going downhill like a runaway bobsled. The true mystery is who on earth could have actually wanted to own a 31-ft. pastiche of Leonardo's Last Supper overlaid with green camouflage patterns. Is some Christian fundamentalist group planning to open a restaurant...
...Leonardo DiCaprio, "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"--Wins qudiences' herts. Still, Dustin Hoffman already won that Oscar ("Rain...
Students whose reading levels are two years below those of their peers are often classified as dyslexic. Yet despite this disorder, dyslexics exhibit average to above average intelligence. Brilliant luminaries such as Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Thomas Edison, Agatha Christie and Woodrow Wilson are believed to have been dyslexic...
...once-beautiful mother's way of mourning is to wallow in grotesque obesity, his older sister Amy (Laura Harrington) has taken over the maternal role. The Grape family is frozen in time. Momma's immobility reduces her to a permanent state of infancy, and mentally handicapped brother Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio) needs constant supervision...
...this movie "shimmers" and "glows," right to the finish, when we see a spectacular fire. Outstanding performances from every single member of the cast allow for wry, humorous moments even among incidental characters. We are inclined to wonder if this is really acting, so natural are all the personae. Leonardo DiCaprio has already reaped honors from many critics for his rendition of the retarded Arnie; and director Lasse Hallstrom (of "My Life as a Dog") deserves special recognition for his understated direction and unobtrusive choice of music. These characters are so real that we leave the theater expecting...