🎬 Romance, Drama

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

"Life is a terrible thing to sleep through."

⭐ 7.7/10 1993 1h 58m Dir. Lasse Hallström

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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.

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7.7/10 4,300 votes

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Year
1993
Runtime
1h 58m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.7/10
Votes
4,300
Genre
Romance, Drama
Language
EN
Budget
$11.0M

Cast

🎭 Romance 🎭 Drama 🎬 Lasse Hallström 👤 Johnny Depp 👤 Leonardo DiCaprio 👤 Juliette Lewis
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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What's Eating Gilbert Grape has a runtime of 1h 58m (1 hour and 58 minutes).
What's Eating Gilbert Grape was directed by Lasse Hallström and released in 1993.
What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a Romance, Drama film (1993).
The cast of What's Eating Gilbert Grape includes Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Darlene Cates.
What's Eating Gilbert Grape has a TMDB rating of 7.7/10 based on 4,300 votes.

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