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What's Eating Gilbert Grape

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

7.7/ 10

TMDB Rating

4,232

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1993

Release Year

118 min

Runtime

Romance
Drama

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

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

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Reviews(4)

6.8avg rating
Peter McGinn

Peter McGinn

@narrator56

December 11, 2021

7
7/10

I recently watched this movie again after many years, and was surprised how many details I had forgotten. It features a great ensemble cast who seem to mostly share a screen rapport. Leonardo DiCaprio previews his future star career with a stellar performance as the difficult Arnie. I thought the

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Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

November 27, 2022

3
3/10

**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

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GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

January 11, 2023

10
10/10

So, I had no idea who Leonardo was when I saw this back in the 90s, it was before Titanic, before he made it big, and I thought they hired an intellectually disabled man to play the part. And it dropped in '93 so that would make Dicaprio about 19? Maybe 18 when they made it? I doubt they would

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

April 23, 2024

7
7/10

With his mother (Darlene Cates) morbidly obese and equally embarrassed about her image, and his younger brother "Arnie" (Leonardo DiCaprio) dealing with mental health issues, it falls to "Gilbert" (Johnny Depp) to try and provide as best he can for his family. He has a job in the struggling local gr

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