Clerks premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 26 years ago, so we asked Kevin Smith 26 questions about the festival.
You can add Little Women to the list! Take a look at even more movies and TV shows that were so nice they made 'em twice (at least).
Related lists from IMDb editors
Related lists from IMDb users
Title: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Johnny Depp | ... | Gilbert Grape | |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | ... | Arnie Grape | |
| Juliette Lewis | ... | Becky | |
| Mary Steenburgen | ... | Betty Carver | |
| Darlene Cates | ... | Momma | |
| Laura Harrington | ... | Amy Grape | |
| Mary Kate Schellhardt | ... | Ellen Grape | |
| Kevin Tighe | ... | Mr. 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 (as Rev. Robert B. Hedges) |
|
|
Mark Jordan | ... | Todd Carver |
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
On IMDb TV, you can catch Hollywood hits and popular TV series at no cost. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free!
I saw this movie a couple of years ago and have seen it many times since. I have worked with special needs children for nearly 20 years, and Leonardo DiCaprio gives an excellent performance as a mentally challenged teenager. His mannerisms and vocal inflection as Arnie were dead on. I had never been a DiCaprio fan until I watched this movie, now I see him in a completely different light. He SO deserved an Oscar for this performance. It puts that whole Dustin Hoffman/Rainman performance to shame.
Beyond this outstanding performance is an incredible movie. What is eating Gilbert Grape indeed? Oh, just a loony housewife that wants him at every turn, a mother who requires as much care as a child and a mentally challenged brother who requires almost as much care as a toddler. What is not eating him alive is a better question. The anger culminates in a harsh scene with Arnie. That scene is so real it tears my heart out.
Fabulous film, fantastic performances. One of my favorites.