What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Lasse Hallström
Written By: Peter Hedges
Starring: Johnny Depp, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Juliette Lewis, Crispin Glover, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kevin Tighe, Laura Harrington, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Darlene Cates, Penelope Branning
Genres: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape belongs to 33 collections
1. New York Times' The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (collaborative: moderated by theficionado - 31 stars)
2. Black Comedy (collaborative: moderated by Dorkovsky - 30 stars)
3. IMDb Top 250 Complete (collaborative: moderated by Jorg - 23 stars)
4. Academy Award - Oscar - ALL Best Picture, Directing, Acting & Screenplay Nominees (collaborative - 22 stars)
5. Based on a Book (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 21 stars)
6. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
7. Coming Of Age (collaborative - 16 stars)
8. Films available in HD (collaborative: moderated by kubricksucks - 13 stars)
9. Autism (collaborative: moderated by iceblox - 8 stars)
10. A quirky girl will save you (collaborative: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer - 8 stars)
11. Based On Novel (collaborative: moderated by tathiel - 7 stars)
12. Brothers (collaborative: moderated by djross - 5 stars)
13. Top 3000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 5 stars)
14. Disability (collaborative: moderated by djross - 4 stars)
15. Tearjerkers (collaborative: moderated by cambel - 3 stars)
16. mother-son relationship (collaborative: moderated by livelove - 3 stars)
17. Top 1000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 3 stars)
18. Sven Nykvist, Cinematographer (collaborative: moderated by CCLZA - 2 stars)
19. MovieMeter.nl Top 250 (collaborative: moderated by Jorg - 2 stars)
20. Prestige Picture / Oscar Bait (collaborative: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer - 2 stars)
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Luna6ix | 94 99th |
johnny depp's best acting, and a heartbreakingly wonderful story.
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Dorkovsky | 7 83rd |
Surprisingly good. It has a mediocre script and it has it's share of contrivances, especially towards the end. I expected all that though, and was pleased at what I didn't expect, like stellar performances and splendid cinematography (Wasn't aware Nykvist was involved til the opening credits, so that helped.) The direction was solid too. All around recommendable.
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Pickpocket | 8 82nd |
A movie that hinges on the great acting by everyone involved, especially DiCaprio. I love this movie.
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frederic_g54 | 7 57th |
At the end, it becomes a hard to digest family drama, but overall, it's fair to say this film was gripping till the last frame, mostly due to Dicaprio's spectacular performance as Arnie Grape.
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MartinTeller | 72 41st |
Slight but nice. One of the early quirky-family emo indie films, now ubiquitous at Sundance.
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Moribunny | 68 70th |
Good, memorable stuff.
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Boobjuice | 65 61st |
I haven't seen this movie in a long time, so I'm not sure if it would have the same emotional effect on me today as it did back then, but I remember the plot being strange, sad, and sweet. It captured quiet rural isolation and boredom really well. The acting is good, and the ending was horribly depressing. Oh, and I'm not sure if I mentioned that I tend to like things that are horribly depressing.
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1 | Guru Snaish | 93 81st |
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A fantastic film with superb acting from both Depp & DeCaprio...a must see!
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paulofilmo | 48 8th |
So far off the cheese scale. Probably the most failing film I've seen in a long time. Hilariously bad in places.
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sakuragirl | 81 84th |
Great performance of DiCaprio, great face of Johnny...
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kgbelliveau | 99 98th |
Depp and Dicaprio are magnificent. Dicpario becomes Arnie Grape, the situations are true to life, the film isnt over the top. Stellar film all the way through, it is one of those actionless films you can never get enough of. The plot is amazing, the scenery was interesting, no glamour, no ritzy high class people, just actors at their most vulnerable, acting as great as they can. What a film, it will never disappoint me. The ending is tear jerking. Bring some tissues, you are bound to be crying.
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1 | doughbaron | 75 64th |
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This film seems to be constantly teetering on a cliff of saccharinity, but due to restraint not shown by many filmmakers in this era, it works on a real emotional level. It's strange how a few bad musical choices or montage sequences could have ruined everything.
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thegreyfox | 90 93rd |
What a fabulous film... a really heart warming film about a family trapped by geography, mental illness and obesity; sad, amazingly funny in places, and some simply wonderful acting. Di Caprio is just amazing, and I always love Juliette Lewis's "hippy simplicity". People say this is a depressing film. It is everything BUT depressing. It's a film about family loyalty, respect, love and the sacrifices that have to to be made in order to prioritize them. Just a fantastic film with a great climax
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Insan3 | 86 82nd |
Great stuff, really. Dicaprio and Depp are fantastic, as I expected. You can feel Gilbert's frustration at being tied down and the fact that the storytelling is understated works in it's favor. I never thought of the film as being over dramatic, I'd say the performances and general tone of the film are rather realistic.
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guy piranha | 70 69th |
very intriguing storytelling. there are no lengths, even though this movie depicts a huge portion of rural boredom. i didn't need THAT much retarded dicaprio, his screen presence is more annonying than anything, but it might just be intended.
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methad1 | 90 95th |
Awsome performance by Johnny and Leo in this slighty warped feel bad/feel good film. Probably the best in it's genre.
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Paxton | 76 80th |
They say that Leonardo DiCaprio auditioned to play Anakin Skywalker for Attack of the Clones. Based on Hayden Christensen's performance, he should have just sent in the tape from his audition for this. He would have gotten it hands down.
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Average Percentile 59.84% from 5118 Ratings | ![]() |