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his best role

posted 8 years ago by Monalisaavito
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i think this was leo's best role.
he shouldve won an award for this.
hes a true talented actor,and i never noticed it til i saw this.

[–] dreamian 8 years ago

Agree, it's way better than anything he ever did all the way until The Revenant.
He's incredible in this one, I expected a rating more like 8,0.

[–] Monalisaavito 8 years ago

100% . That scene where Reggie kept him in the room , all I could say is wow he played some part in this . Whalberg was pretty good too

[–] partydjz (424) 5 years ago

Second best after Gilbert Grape. The Revenant sucked.

[–] MiguelGordon (533) 4 years ago

Definitely his best role, I remember watching it as a kid before he was a household name and his performance making a big impression on me, especially the cold turkey scene.

I don't keep up with awards but when all the memes and stuff came around saying he'd never won an oscar I couldn't believe it, I thought he surely had won one for the basketball diaries!

[–] rudeboymurray (3281) 4 years ago

He’s good, but I do feel the weak film hobbles him. His best role? I’d go with What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? with The Departed, Marvin’s Room and The Wolf of Wall Street as honourable mentions.

[–] [email protected] (1358) 5 months ago

I was never a big fan of his, but he did do some good acting in this. Although I dont feel the film is as good as I heard it was. I loved seeing many of the actors from the sopranos, and surprised to see Michael Rappaport briefly in it, but the film itself was tedious in too many scenes. I watched it for the first time tonight. its 2024