What's Eating Gilbert Grape
- Released on
- Runtime
- 118 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Johnny Depp
- Juliette Lewis
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Mary Steenburgen
- Darlene Cates
- Laura Harrington
- Mary Kate Schellhardt
- Kevin Tighe
- John C. Reilly
- Crispin Glover
- Penelope Branning
- Tim Green
- Susan Loughran
- Robert B. Hedges
- Mark Jordan
- Cameron Finley
- Brady Coleman
- Tim Simek
- Nicholas Stojanovich
- Libby Villari
- Kay Bower
- Joe Stevens
- Mona Lee Fultz
- George Haynes
- Daniel Gullahorn
- David H. Kramer
- Brent Bratton
- Kirk Hunter
- Buck Reynolds
- David Stanford
Director
- Lasse Hallström
Producers
- Bertil Ohlsson
- David Matalon
- Meir Teper
Screenwriter
- Peter Hedges