What’s Eating Gilbert Grape is a drama film directed by Lasse Hallstorm in 1993 and has some great actors like Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Darlene Cates and Leonardo DiCaprio.
The movie is about a 24-year-old guy named Gilbert Grape, who is responsible for looking after his younger brother Arnie, who has autism. He is also responsible for taking care of the house since his dad sadly committed suicide and hanged himself in the basement in their own house.
Ever Since their dad hanged himself 6 years ago their mother sat in the house doing nothing but eating and watching the television. She became so fat that she was really obese.
One day their mother got up because Arnie climbed a water tower. He was sent to the police station but got out when she came for him.
Gilbert and Arnie had two other female siblings. They are called Amy and Ellen Grape. The sisters are mostly doing household work in the house like making dinner, cleaning and also just taking care of their own beloved mother who can’t do anything herself.
Arnie is 17 years old in the beginning of the movie and now he is turning 18 years old. That is a very big deal for everyone but especially for the Grape family because Arnie was estimated to live much shorter because of his disease. So, him and his family planned a very big birthday party where almost everyone they know in the town were invited. Also the beautiful girl named Becky was invited.
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