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What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a 1993 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, and starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Leonardo DiCaprio and John C. Reilly.
Aug 29, 2023 · 1. Darlene Cates, who played Momma, had never acted before. Paramount Pictures. She had previously appeared as herself on an episode of Sally where she discussed the fact that she was unable to leave her own house. She was bedridden for two years and became mobidly obese.
Mar 4, 1994 · What's Eating Gilbert Grape: Directed by Lasse Hallström. With Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen. A young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness.
Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver (Mary Steenburgen), Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky (Juliette Lewis).
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Mar 4, 1994 · What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Roger Ebert March 04, 1994. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. In the small but eventful world of Gilbert Grape, emergencies are a natural state. His younger brother, Arnie, has a way of climbing the town water tower and forgetting how to get back down.
Gilbert Grape (Depp) is a young man trapped in an eccentric family in a small American town. He works hard to care for his developmentally disabled teenage brother Arnie (DiCaprio), and their overweight mother (Cates) while trying to maintain their crumbling house.
Sep 1, 1991 · What's Eating Gilbert Grape is his profound post-coming-of-age novel about twenty-four year old Gilbert Grape, a grocery store stock boy living in the tiny town of Endora, Iowa. Grappling with the desire to leave town and start an exciting life elsewhere, and the guilt and responsibility to stay and care for his family, he is unprepared when a ...
In a backwater Iowa town, young Gilbert is torn between taking care of his troubled family and a girl who shows him new possibilities for his life. Watch trailers & learn more.
What's Eating Gilbert Grape? is a 1993 dramatic film released by Paramount Pictures. The film follows 24-year-old Gilbert, a grocery store clerk caring for his morbidly obese mother and his mentally impaired younger brother in a sleepy Midwestern town.
Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) spends his days caring for his mentally challenged brother (Leonardo DiCaprio) and holding together a large family. But he meets pretty stranger who inspires him to change his life.
