What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

Name: What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Released: 1993
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mary Steenburgen, Darlene Cates

• Movies, Drama, Romance

• 118 min

7.6

Life is a terrible thing to sleep through.

Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Casting: Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mary Steenburgen, Darlene Cates, Laura Harrington, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Kevin Tighe, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover, Penelope Branning, Tim Green, Susan Loughran, Robert B. Hedges, Mark Jordan, Cameron Finley, Brady Coleman, Tim Simek, Nicholas Stojanovich, Libby Villari, Kay Bower, Joe Stevens, Mona Lee Fultz, George Haynes, Daniel Gullahorn, David H. Kramer, Brent Bratton, Kirk Hunter, Buck Reynolds, David Stanford
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 1993-12-17
Status: Released

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

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.