Film

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

1993 · 1h 58m · Romance · Drama

Life is a terrible thing to sleep through.

IMDb

7.7

Rotten Tomatoes

90%

Metacritic

73

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.

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

Mark Jordan

Todd Carver

Cameron Finley

Doug Carver

• Lasse HallströmDirector · Executive Producer
• Peter HedgesNovel · Screenplay
• Bertil OhlssonProducer
• Meir TeperProducer
• David MatalonProducer
• Alan C. BlomquistExecutive Producer
• Sven NykvistDirector of Photography
• Björn IsfältOriginal Music Composer
• Alan ParkerOriginal Music Composer
• Andrew MondsheinEditor

What's Eating Gilbert Grape - Trailer

Release date

December 17, 1993

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$11,000,000

Revenue

$10,000,000

Genres

Romance, Drama

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