What's Eating Gilbert Grape

End of summer in a small Texas town, a porch creaks. A mentally impaired brother climbs a water tower, a morbidly obese mother stays inside, a grocery store job suffocates. Lasse Hallström finds nuance in the everyday struggles.

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Lasse Hallström directed What's Eating Gilbert Grape in 1993. See Lasse Hallström's full filmography, where to start with Lasse Hallström, or where to go after you've seen everything by Lasse Hallström.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape was released in 1993 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 118 minutes.