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What's Eating Gilbert Grape

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Life is a terrible thing to sleep through.

19937.71h 58m

Overview

Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.

Directed by Lasse Hallström
Written by Peter Hedges
Produced by Bertil Ohlsson, David Matalon, Meir Teper
Box OfficeBudget: $11.0MRevenue: $10.0M

Top Cast

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

Gilbert Grape

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio

Arnie Grape

Juliette Lewis

Juliette Lewis

Becky

Mary Steenburgen

Mary Steenburgen

Betty Carver

Darlene Cates

Darlene Cates

Bonnie Grape

Laura Harrington

Laura Harrington

Amy Grape

Mary Kate Schellhardt

Mary Kate Schellhardt

Ellen Grape

Kevin Tighe

Kevin Tighe

Ken Carver

John C. Reilly

John C. Reilly

Tucker Van Dyke

Crispin Glover

Crispin Glover

Bobby McBurney

Themes & Keywords

mentally disabledsibling relationshipbased on novel or bookwidowiowadysfunctional familyobesitysingle mothergrocery storementally handicapped child

About What's Eating Gilbert Grape

What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a romance, drama film released in 1993 exploring themes of mentally disabled, sibling relationship, based on novel or book, widow, iowa, dysfunctional family. Directed by Lasse Hallström, it stars Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis. Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.

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