Genre: Drama
Released: 1994
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Plot Summary
Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom's follow-up to the underrated Once Around earned far more attention than its predecessor thanks to the judicious casting of perennial thinking woman's heartthrob Johnny Depp and a certain up-and-coming thespian by the name of Leonardo DiCaprio. A prisoner of his dysfunctional family's broken dreams in tiny Endora, IA, Gilbert (Depp) serves as breadwinner and caretaker for his mother and siblings following his father's suicide and his older brother's defection. Momma (Darlene Cates) is a morbidly obese shut-in who hasn't left the house in seven years; her children include retarded Arnie (DiCaprio), who's about to turn 18 despite a host of negative medical forecasts, and terminally embarrassed Ellen (Mary Kate Schellhardt), who's emerging from an awkward adolescence. When he's not taking care of the difficult but tender Arnie, Gilbert spends his time fixing up the family's tattered farmhouse, working at a failing mom-and-pop grocery store and hanging with local misfits Bobby (Crispin Glover), an overly ambitious junior undertaker, and Tucker (John C. Reilly), a handyman who hankers after a job at the new burger franchise. Into this complicated but essentially unchanging social universe steps Becky (Juliette Lewis), a thoughtful young woman who's been escorting her nomadic grandmother from state to state in a mobile-home caravan. As Becky teaches Gilbert to finally consider his own happiness for a change, she disrupts both his family obligations and his long-running affair with a lonely housewife (Mary Steenburgen). Adapted by Peter Hedges from his own novel of the same name, What's Eating Gilbert Grape was the first and only film role for non-actress Cates, whom the filmmakers discovered on an episode of the Sally Jesse Raphael Show titled "Too Heavy to Leave Their House." ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi
剧情简介
　　因为不能面对丈夫自杀的事实，吉伯特(约翰尼·德普 饰)的母亲不停进食，致使体重剧增至六百磅，难以行动。吉伯特的智障弟弟阿尼(莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥 饰)一出生就被医生诊断活不过十岁，却即将过十八岁生日，最小的妹妹爱伦却正值叛逆的青春期。整个家庭的生计及阿尼的日常起居成了吉伯特的生活全部，姐姐是他唯一的帮手。
　　四处旅游、活泼开朗的贝琪(朱丽叶特·刘易斯 饰)路过小镇，与吉伯特一见钟情，两人很快沉浸在甜蜜的爱情中。贝琪对生活的热情也让吉伯特渐渐认识到，除了家人，生命中他也该有属于自己的追求。阿尼就要过十八岁生日了，这是母亲最后的心愿，待这一切结束，吉伯特能有一个不一样的天空吧
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