What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

Stars	User	Rating
4	Luna6ix	94 _99th
johnny depp's best acting, and a heartbreakingly wonderful story.
3	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.
2	Pickpocket	8 _82nd
A movie that hinges on the great acting by everyone involved, especially DiCaprio. I love this movie.
2	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.
1	MartinTeller	72 _41st
Slight but nice. One of the early quirky-family emo indie films, now ubiquitous at Sundance.
1	Moribunny	68 _70th
Good, memorable stuff.
1	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.
1	Guru Snaish	93 _81st
A fantastic film with superb acting from both Depp & DeCaprio...a must see!
1	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.
1	sakuragirl	81 _84th
Great performance of DiCaprio, great face of Johnny...
1	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.
1	doughbaron	75 _64th
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.
1	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
1	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.
1	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.
1	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.
1	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.

Average Percentile 59.84% from 5118 Ratings