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What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

17/12/1993 (US)Romance, Drama1h 58m
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Life is a terrible thing to sleep through.

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Johnny Depp

      Johnny Depp

      Gilbert Grape

    2. Juliette Lewis

      Juliette Lewis

      Becky

    3. Leonardo DiCaprio

      Leonardo DiCaprio

      Arnie Grape

    4. Mary Steenburgen

      Mary Steenburgen

      Betty Carver

    5. Darlene Cates

      Darlene Cates

      Bonnie Grape

    6. Laura Harrington

      Laura Harrington

      Amy Grape

    7. Mary Kate Schellhardt

      Mary Kate Schellhardt

      Ellen Grape

    8. Kevin Tighe

      Kevin Tighe

      Ken Carver

    9. John C. Reilly

      John C. Reilly

      Tucker Van Dyke

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    A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

    3.0
    Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on Nov 27, 2022

    **A rather conventional and average family drama, where DiCaprio and Depp's performances turn out to be the only truly worthy note.** Sometimes, what makes a film remarkable is the extraordinary performance of an actor, and that becomes even more admirable when that actor is extremely young. That's what we have in this film, a conventional family drama, where a young adult tries to live his life as normally as possible while having to take care of everyone around him, particularly his mother, who is morbidly obese and depressed, and his younger brother, who has a mental problem that the mov...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget$11,000,000.00

    Revenue$10,000,000.00

    Keywords

    • mentally disabled
    • sibling relationship
    • based on novel or book
    • widow
    • iowa
    • dysfunctional family
    • obesity
    • single mother
    • grocery store
    • mentally handicapped child