What S Eating Gilbert Grape Leonardo

A prisoner of his dysfunctional family s broken dreams in tiny endora iowa gilbert johnny depp serves as breadwinner and caretaker for his mother and siblings following his father s suicide and his older brother s defection.

What s eating gilbert grape leonardo. 19 year old leonardo dicaprio received his first academy. Centred around the grape family ellen and amy and their two brothers arnie and gilbert who along with their morbidly obese widowed mother bonnie grape are striving to. The film follows 24 year old gilbert a grocery store clerk caring for his morbidly obese mother and his mentally impaired younger brother in a sleepy midwestern town. Gilbert grape lives in endora a place where nothing much happens.

What s eating gilbert grape is a 1993 american drama film directed by lasse hallström and starring johnny depp juliette lewis darlene cates and leonardo dicaprio. Her children include gilbert retarded arnie leonardo dicaprio who s. Leonardo dicaprio on what s eating gilbert grape. Taking care of arnie is mostly gilbert s task which can be pretty demanding at least while you are working at the local grocery store.

Helmed by lasse hallström what s eating gilbert grape features leonardo dicaprio johnny depp juliette lewis mary steenburgen and john c. Peter hedges wrote the screenplay based on his 1991 novel of the same name. The only times the police got something to do is when gilbert s retarded brother arnie tries to climb up on the watertower nearby. The 1993 drama flick was well received by the audience.

What s eating gibert grape is a beautifully shot movie of tenderness caring and self awareness that is set amongst the fictional working class one street town endora. Momma darlene cates is a morbidly obese shut in who hasn t left the house in seven years. The film was well received.