What's Eating Gilbert Grape
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
“ Life is a terrible thing to sleep through. ”
RegionUS
Runtime118 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
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
DIRECTOR / Director
Lasse Hallström
KEYWORDS
mentally disabledsibling relationshipbased on novel or bookwidowiowadysfunctional familyobesitysingle mothergrocery storementally handicapped child
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