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IMDb rating 7.7
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Critic Angie Errigo
rated 8

What's Eating Gilbert Grape? is as odd and funny a collection of cares as ever beset the youthful protagonist of a movie.

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Julia Larsen
rated 10

En favorit i sann Hallström-anda. Det blir inte mycket bättre än så här. Att Leo inte vann en Oscar är dock ett mysterium.

2 months ago
Tanni M. Tarnak
rated 10

Utroligt at DeCaprio ikke fik en Oscar for denne præstation.

1 year ago
Heaver FC
rated 9

bra film ett av världens bätsta skådespel i filmhistorian

1 week ago

Cast & Crew

John C. Reilly
As Tucker Van Dyke
Mary Steenburgen
As Betty Carver
Leonardo DiCaprio
As Arnie Grape
Juliette Lewis
As Becky
Johnny Depp
As Gilbert Grape
Crispin Glover
As Bobby McBurney

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In the small town of Endora, Iowa, Gilbert Grape is a young man who has taken on the responsibility of caring for his intellectually disabled brother Arnie and their obese mother after their father's suicide. He works at a local grocery store and has an affair with a married woman, Betty Carver. When a free-spirited young woman named Becky and her grandmother arrive in town, Gilbert is drawn to her and begins to question his life choices. As he spends more time with Becky, he neglects his family responsibilities, leading to a series of events that threaten to upset his already fragile family dynamics.

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