Watch What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) Free Online

Release Date: 1993

Cast: Crispin Glover, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, John C. Reilly, Johnny Depp, Laura Harrington, Kevin Tighe, Mary Steenburgen, Darlene Cates

Categories: Movies, Indie, Slice of life story, Americana, Comedy, Coming of age, Film adaptation, Romantic drama, Romance Film

What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a 1993 comedy-drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio. Peter Hedges wrote the screenplay, adapted from his 1991 novel of the same name. It was filmed in the Texas cities of Manor, Elgin, and Lockhart. In a small town of Endora, Iowa, Gilbert James Grape (Johnny Depp) is busy caring for his mentally challenged brother Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio) as they wait for the many tourists' trailers to pass through town during their yearly camp ritual at a nearby recreational area. His mother, Bonnie (Darlene... MORE

What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a 1993 comedy-drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio. Peter Hedges wrote the screenplay, adapted from his 1991 novel of the same name. It was filmed in the Texas cities of Manor, Elgin, and Lockhart. In a small town of Endora, Iowa, Gilbert James Grape (Johnny Depp) is busy caring for his mentally challenged brother Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio) as they wait for the many tourists' trailers to pass through town during their yearly camp ritual at a nearby recreational area. His mother, Bonnie (Darlene Cates) is morbidly obese after years of depression following her husband's suicide. With Bonnie unable to care for them by herself, Gilbert has taken responsibility for repairing their shanty of a farmhouse while looking after Arnie, who has a habit of climbing up the town water tower if left unsupervised for too long, all while his older sister Amy (Laura Harrington) and younger sister Ellen (Mary Kate Schellhardt) slave away in the kitchen. The relationship between the brothers is one of care and protection. In order to cope with his frenetic life, Gilbert has taken on a secret love affair with a LESS