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What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
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Release Date:
25 December 1993 (USA)
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Tagline:
Arnie knows a secret. His big brother Gilbert is the greatest person on the planet. more
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Gilbert has care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life. full summary | add synopsis
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Grocery Store
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Hydrophobia
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Beating
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Iowa
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Quirky
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 4 wins
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1 nomination
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(17 articles)
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Free Flick Fridays: Pieces of April
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(From Huffington Post. 25 November 2009, 11:08 AM, PST)
Free Flick Fridays: Pieces of April
(From Tribeca Film. 25 November 2009, 3:00 AM, PST)
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The family that binds us
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Johnny Depp | ... | Gilbert Grape |
 | Leonardo DiCaprio | ... | Arnie Grape |
 | Juliette Lewis | ... | Becky |
 | Mary Steenburgen | ... | Betty Carver |
 | Darlene Cates | ... | Bonnie Grape |
| Laura Harrington | ... | Amy Grape |
 | Mary Kate Schellhardt | ... | Ellen Grape |
| Kevin Tighe | ... | Ken Carver |
 | John C. Reilly | ... | Tucker Van Dyke |
 | Crispin Glover | ... | Bobby McBurney |
| Penelope Branning | ... | Becky's Grandma |
 | Tim Green | ... | Mr. Lamson |
| Susan Loughran | ... | Mrs. Lamson |
| Robert B. Hedges | ... | Minister |
| Mark Jordan | ... | Todd Carver |
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Rated PG-13 for elements of mature subject matter.
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118 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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USA:PG-13 (certificate #32522) |
Iceland:L |
France:Unrated |
South Korea:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Canada:PG |
Finland:K-10 |
Germany:6 (f) |
Netherlands:12 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:T |
Sweden:11 |
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During the scene where Darlene Cates (Momma) climbed the staircase, she climbed only the first two or three steps. This footage was reused to show her climbing the entire staircase. The room which served as her upstairs bedroom was actually a downstairs room.
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Continuity: The first time Arnie climbs the tower, Gilbert's pickup truck is parked below although he has not driven up yet.
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Featured in "I Love the '90s: Part Deux" (2005)
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Foodland Muzak
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Truly, this is one beautiful movie. It doesn't go for cheap tears but in the end you must feel something, otherwise you simply don't have a heart. It's about a town, Endora, where nothing ever happens. In that town live the Grapes, a fatherless family that consists of a mother of elephant-like proportions, two sisters and two brothers (one of them being retarded).
All the acting ranks from very good to excellent. Johnny Depp is so lovable as Gilbert Grape, the twenty-year-old son who tries to do good for everyone but doesn't know quite what he wants for himself yet. Leonardo DiCaprio is simply amazing as the retarded Arnie. He rightfully got an Oscar-nomination for his roll. At the time I saw this movie, I didn't know him yet, so at some moments I actually thought that he really could be a retarded actor (that's a big complement, isn't it?).
The plot isn't too spectacular, but keeps you interested 'cause actually a lot of things do happen to certain character's in this sleepy town. A lot of things the characters say and do seem superficial, but actually aren't meaningless as they lead to other events in the story. And the arrival of Becky (Juliette Lewis) and her mother make things interesting for Gilbert. The ending is unexpected, very solid and sad. And then there's the little epilogue...
This simply is a great movie: Good story, good acting, good directing. And that's all it takes. Watch it and allow yourselves to be moved by the Grapes.