What's Eating Gilbert Grape
“Life is a terrible thing to sleep through.”
1993 · 1 h 58 min
Directed by 
Lasse Hallström
Lasse HallströmCast
Cast not recorded here
Plot
A young man in a small Iowa town cares for his obese mother and his intellectually disabled brother while longing to leave.
Sinekatalog’s take
A gentle, well-observed family drama with a young Johnny Depp and a remarkable Leonardo DiCaprio.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (271,966 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.