What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Overview

In the sprawling, dusty landscape of Endora, Iowa, where life often feels as static as the endless cornfields, young Gilbert Grape navigates the weight of responsibility far beyond his years. He's the quiet pillar of his unconventional family, tending to his developmentally disabled younger brother, Arnie, and the towering presence of his reclusive, overweight mother. Gilbert’s days are a cycle of the mundane and the monumental, a gentle routine punctuated by the constant demands of his unique circumstances. Into this simmering existence arrives a stranger, a free-spirited young woman named Becky, whose bright spark ignites a flicker of something new, challenging Gilbert’s ingrained sense of duty and the suffocating familiarity of his world. This is a poignant, tender portrait of familial love, unspoken desires, and the enduring search for escape and belonging.