What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993 · TMDB 7.7
Directed by Lasse Hallström
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.
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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 loca...
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- Runtime
- 118 min
- Released
- 1993-12-17
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.7
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