---
title: 'What''s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lasse Hallström'
released: '1993-12-17'
runtime_minutes: 118
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/whats-eating-gilbert-grape-1993'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108550/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

1993 · 118 min · Drama, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a 1993 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Leonardo DiCaprio and John C. Reilly. It follows a grocery store clerk living with his dysfunctional family, including his obese mother, his mentally disabled younger brother and two sisters in the fictional rural town of Endora, Iowa.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lasse Hallström](https://cinepixo.com/people/lasse-hallstrom)
- **Producer:** [Lasse Hallström](https://cinepixo.com/people/lasse-hallstrom)
- **Screenplay:** [Peter Hedges](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-hedges)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alan Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-parker-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sven Nykvist](https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-nykvist)
- **Editor:** [Andrew Mondshein](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-mondshein)

## Cast

- [Juliette Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliette-lewis) as Becky
- [Laura Harrington](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-harrington)
- [Johnny Depp](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-depp) as Gilbert Grape
- [Mary Kate Schellhardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-kate-schellhardt) as Ellen Grape
- [Crispin Glover](https://cinepixo.com/people/crispin-glover) as Bobby McBurney
- [Kevin Tighe](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-tighe) as Ken Carver
- [Mary Steenburgen](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-steenburgen) as Betty Carver
- [Darlene Cates](https://cinepixo.com/people/darlene-cates) as Bonnie Grape
- [Leonardo DiCaprio](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonardo-dicaprio) as Arnie Grape
- [Cameron Finley](https://cinepixo.com/people/cameron-finley)
- [John C. Reilly](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-c-reilly) as Tucker Van Dyke

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