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What's Eating Gilbert Grape

1994·1h 58m·PG-13
Drama
IMDb Rating
★ 7.7/10
269,255 votes
Metascore
73
Metacritic

A young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a 1994 drama movie directed by Lasse Hallström, starring Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.7/10 from 269,255 votes and runs 1h 58m.

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Director
Lasse Hallström
Stars
Johnny Depp
Leonardo DiCaprio
Juliette Lewis
Mary Steenburgen
Creators
Peter Hedges
Details
1994-03-04
118 min
Movie
PG-13
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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