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Bookmark this pageWhat's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Director: Lasse Hallström
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From Time Out Film Guide
Hallström's finally struck a chord with the Americans, though it's much the same cocktail of whimsy and worry, the eccentric and the banal, that he's been mixing all along. The frustrated Gilbert (Depp) lives at home in Endora, Iowa, with his two younger sisters, his mentally disabled brother Arnie (DiCaprio), and his sofa-crushing 600lb mother (Cates). Deep in a Midwestern rut, Gilbert holds down a job at the local store, maintains a bored affair with housewife Betty Carver (Steenburgen), and tries to keep Arnie out of trouble, but his patience is running out - it's only when he meets teen traveller Becky (Lewis) that he can really take stock. Cute adolescent poetry with a sentimental kick.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Lasse Hallström
Producer: Meir Teper, David Matalon, Bertil Ohlsson
Cast: Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Leonardo DiCaprio, John C Reilly, Darlene Cates full cast
Rated: 15
Duration: 118 mins
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