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.

• DirectorLasse Hallström
• Release17 December 1993
• Genre
  Romance / Drama
• Duration1h 58m
• Budget$11,000,000
• Revenue$10,000,000
• Rate
  

  7.662
  4159 reviews
• Productions

  Paramount Pictures