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What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) 7.7
Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life. Director:Lasse Hallström |
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Cast
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| Leonardo DiCaprio | ... | ||
| Juliette Lewis | ... | ||
| Mary Steenburgen | ... | ||
| Darlene Cates | ... | ||
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Laura Harrington | ... | |
| Mary Kate Schellhardt | ... | ||
| Kevin Tighe | ... | ||
| John C. Reilly | ... | ||
| Crispin Glover | ... | ||
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Penelope Branning | ... | |
| Tim Green | ... | ||
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Susan Loughran | ... | |
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Robert B. Hedges | ... | |
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Mark Jordan | ... | |
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What's Eating Gibert Grape is a beautifully shot movie of tenderness, caring and self-awareness that is set amongst the fictional working class one street town Endora. Centred around the Grape family Ellen and Amy and their two brothers Arnie and Gilbert, who, along with their morbidly obese widowed mother Bonnie Grape are striving to survive and coexist with the absence of a father figure, low wage work and seventeen-year-old Arnie's severe mental condition. It is in this awkward and extremely one sided affair that the unfortunate Gilbert has to constantly, while working for the town's slowly dying Convenience Store, take care of his younger brother Arnie. Gilbert's life, his future, is thwarted he knows this, but it is in this Guardian Angel that his love and bond for Arnie cannot, and will not, be let go. That is until the free spirit of Becky arrives in town, and with her grandmother are stranded for the week while waiting for parts for their vehicle. This realization unties new ... Written by Cinema_Fan
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Arnie: Tomorrow's my birthday, I'm gonna have a party and you're not invited. See more »Genres:
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Rated PG-13 for elements of mature subject matter | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
4 March 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Gilbert Grape See more »Box Office
Budget:
$11,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$9,170,214 (USA)Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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Becky: Yeah.
Gilbert: Yeah. That's her. That's my mom.
Becky: [pauses] What about your dad?
Gilbert: Uh, some other day. Some other day.
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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. See more »Goofs
The amount of ice cream on Gilbert's face changes between shots. See more »Quotes
Gilbert: Did you ever see a beached whale on television?Becky: Yeah.
Gilbert: Yeah. That's her. That's my mom.
Becky: [pauses] What about your dad?
Gilbert: Uh, some other day. Some other day.
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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.