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WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE?
“What’s eating Gilbert Grape?” is a 1993 drama directed and produced by Lasse Hallström. The movie was filmed in Manor, Texas. It is based on a novel written by Peter Hedges. The main characters are Johnny Depp( Gilbert Grape), Leonardo DiCaprio( Arnie Grape) and Juliette Lewis( Becky). The running time of the movie is 117 minutes. "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" is rated PG-13 because it includes mild profanity and sexual situations.
The movie is about Gilbert Grape’s life in the small town of Endora, Iowa. He lives with his obese 500-pound mother, Bonnie, his sister and his little mentally handicapped brother, Arnie. Bonnie has not left the house since her husband committed suicide seven years ago. Since then she has spent almost all of her time on the couch watching TV and she is unable to care for her children on her own. As a result of this Gilbert has taken responsibility for repairing their old house, looking after Armie, who likes to climb up the twn water tower and earn all the money the family needs to survive.
Gilbert himself works in a small, outdated grocery store which has competition from a new, bigger, modern supermarket. To keep the few customers the store still has he makes “special deliveries” to one of the female customers, Mrs. Bette Carver.
Everything in Endora bores him a little until he meets Becky. She is a young and adventurous woman who became stuck in town with her mother when their mobile home broke down. They start an affair that is threatened by his unusal and chaotic home life. “What’s eating Gilbert Grape?”is also about how Arnie and Bonnie’s various problems finally bring Gilbert to the brink of change.
Firstly I enjoyed the movie because of the good acting, especially LeonardoDiCaprio who really played his part well. Although it was funny, it also have a deeper meaning and many heartfelt moments. “What’s eating Gilbert Grape?” is not your average American movie and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who would like to see a movie that inspires reflection and self-evaluation.

2006-10-16 07:20:00 · 3 answers · asked by marienchenkäfer 2 in Arts & Humanities Books & Authors

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WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE?

“What’s eating Gilbert Grape?” is a 1993 drama directed and produced by Lasse Hallström. The movie was filmed in Manor, Texas and is based on a novel written by Peter Hedges. The main characters are Johnny Depp (Gilbert Grape), Leonardo DiCaprio (Arnie Grape) and Juliette Lewis (Becky). The run time of the movie is 117 minutes and the moving rating is PG-13. The movie is rated as such due to mild profanity and sexual situations.

The movie is about Gilbert Grape’s life in the small town of Endora, Iowa. He lives with his obese 500-pound mother, Bonnie, his sister and his younger mentally handicapped brother, Arnie. Bonnie has not left the house since her husband committed suicide seven years ago. Since then she has spent most of her time on the couch watching television and she is unable to care for her children on her own. As a result of this, Gilbert has taken responsibility for repairing their old house, looking after Armie (who has a habit of climbing the town water tower) and earn all the money the family needs to survive.

Gilbert himself works in a small, outdated grocery store which has competition from a new, bigger, modern supermarket. To keep the few customers the store still has, he makes “special deliveries” to one of the female customers, Mrs. Bette Carver.

Everything in Endora bores Gilbert until he meets Becky. Becky is a young and adventurous woman who ended up in town when the mobile home she and her mother were traveling in broke down. Gilbert and Becky start an affair that is threatened by his unusal and chaotic home life. “What’s eating Gilbert Grape?” also touches on Arnie and Bonnie's various problems and how those problems finally bring Gilbert to the brink of change.

First and foremost, I enjoyed the movie because of the exceptional acting, especially Leonardo DiCaprio who really played his part well. Although it was funny, it also has a deeper meaning and many heartfelt moments. “What’s eating Gilbert Grape?” is not your average American movie and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who would like to see a movie that inspires reflection and self-evaluation.

2006-10-16 07:33:13 · answer #1 · answered by PT&L 4 · 0 0

The Sentence- who likes to climb the town water tower.
Needs to be put into parathesis since your mentioning it as a side note. and being the sole provider for the family sounds better than and earn all the money the family neesds to survive.

2006-10-16 08:13:10 · answer #2 · answered by lalinda1682 1 · 0 0

u sound like your sort of whispering or something. You don't have an awful voice, you just need a bit of training, take voice lessons or a chorus class or something if u can. I say 6.5-ish, sorry!

2016-05-22 06:46:24 · answer #3 · answered by Joanna 4 · 0 0

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