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What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

1993

Lasse Hallström

Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mary Steenburgen ...

7.1

23,901

Drama Swedish director Lasse Hallström (My Life as a Dog, The Cider House Rules) brings his unique sensibility for finding the whimsical and bizarre in the everyday to Peter Hedges’s cult novel about the life of a dysfunctional but appealing family in Endora, a small town America. Gilbert (Johnny Depp) is the family’s able, responsible, bread-winning member, who must cope with a mentally retarded brother (Leonardo DiCaprio), two immature and ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	one of the most enchanting movies of the year, a story of people who aren't misfits only because they don't see themselves that way (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"A modest effort of uninsistent qualities but many felicitous moments"	POS
United States	Peter Rainer Los Angeles Times	"A lullaby for the dysfunctional family generation."	POS
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"It's full of characters who are quirky, lonely, bizarre or retarded. There's something intensely earnest about the project. But there's something equally manufactured"	NEU
United States	Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune	"One of the most original, appealing offbeat American films in recent years."	POS
United States	Bilge Ebiri Rolling Stone	"An offbeat mix of typically quirky elements, and it could have easily been hard to stomach. But the author and director Lasse Hallstrom's affection for these characters shines through"	POS
United States	TV Guide	"The film is heavy on character and atmosphere and light on action, though what does happen is so bizarre as to verge on the ridiculous."	NEU
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Particularly impressive are the sweet, weirdly idyllic tone of Mr. Hallstrom's direction and Johnny Depp's tender, disarming performance as the long-suffering Gilbert Grape"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"A modest effort of uninsistent qualities but many felicitous moments"	POS
United Kingdom	Angie Errigo Empire	"The tale ultimately a subtle but profound examination of responsibility is packed with incident, relationships, good lines and delightful performances" " (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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