1993 · romance · drama · supernatural
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Directed by Lasse Hallström1h 58m1993
Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.
Our read: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) reads as a warm, steady, grounded romance · drama · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, measured romance / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
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