What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

Movie Details

Original Title What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Original Language EN

Budget $11,000,000

Revenue $10,000,000

Status Released

Popularity 3.8

Cast

Johnny Depp

Gilbert Grape

Popularity: 3.7

Juliette Lewis

Becky

Popularity: 3.0

Leonardo DiCaprio

Arnie Grape

Popularity: 15.2

Mary Steenburgen

Betty Carver

Popularity: 2.5

Darlene Cates

Bonnie Grape

Popularity: 0.9

Laura Harrington

Amy Grape

Popularity: 1.3

Mary Kate Schellhardt

Ellen Grape

Popularity: 3.7

Kevin Tighe

Ken Carver

Popularity: 1.4

John C. Reilly

Tucker Van Dyke

Popularity: 3.2

Crispin Glover

Bobby McBurney

Popularity: 1.7

Penelope Branning

Becky's Grandma

Popularity: 0.2

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Tim Green

Mr. Lamson

Popularity: 0.1

Key Crew

Director Lasse Hallström

Screenplay Peter Hedges

Executive Producer Lasse Hallström, Alan C. Blomquist

Producer David Matalon, Bertil Ohlsson, Meir Teper

Editor Andrew Mondshein

Production

Paramount Pictures

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Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

Peter McGinn 7/10

Dec 11, 2021

I recently watched this movie again after many years, and was surprised how many details I had forgotten. It features a great ensemble cast who seem to mostly share a screen rapport. Leonardo DiCaprio previews his future star career with a stellar performance as the difficult Arnie. I thought the ... Read more

Filipe Manuel Neto 3/10

Nov 27, 2022

**A rather conventional and average family drama, where DiCaprio and Depp's performances turn out to be the only truly worthy note.** Sometimes, what makes a film remarkable is the extraordinary performance of an actor, and that becomes even more admirable when that actor is extremely young. That ... Read more

GenerationofSwine 10/10

Jan 11, 2023

So, I had no idea who Leonardo was when I saw this back in the 90s, it was before Titanic, before he made it big, and I thought they hired an intellectually disabled man to play the part. And it dropped in '93 so that would make Dicaprio about 19? Maybe 18 when they made it? I doubt they would ... Read more