What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Life is a terrible thing to sleep through.
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- Drama
- Romance
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.
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- mentally disabled
- single mother
- sibling relationship
- widow
- dysfunctional family
- grocery store
- obesity
- iowa
- mentally handicapped child
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 17, 1993
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Cast
- Johnny Depp,Leonardo DiCaprio,Juliette Lewis,Mary Steenburgen,Darlene Cates,Laura Harrington,Mary Kate Schellhardt,Kevin Tighe,John C. Reilly,Crispin Gloverand 19 more
- Director
- Lasse Hallström
- Writer
- Peter Hedges
- Cinematography
- Sven Nykvist
- Music
- Alan Parker,Björn Isfält
- Budget
- $11,000,000
- Revenue
- $10,000,000
- IMDb
- tt0108550