fishy246 A move that will never get old you will feel like you are one of the characters and you were fall in love with the characters everything about this movie is so heartwarming and it is truly a good movie I love the stay line and I also love johnny depp his character in the movie is awesome and he is super cute this is a movie I could watch over and over again

cricketbat What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a very odd film. And while everyone in the cast does a good job, Leonardo DiCaprio stands out with one of the most convincing performances I've seen in a long time. At times, I forgot Arnie was the same guy from Inception. I probably won't make a habit of watching this movie, but I'm glad I finally saw it.

Unhelpful Yoda I've seen this movie many times and it always touches my heart. It does have slow parts in it but the movie overall is amazing. The film tells the story of the Grape family including the youngest member Arnie who is played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Arnie is mentally disabled. They live in a rural town where the population is small and there isn't much to do for people. Gilbert played by Johnny Depp looks after Gilbert because their sisters must look after their morbidly obese Mother. The film shows how Gilbert is torn between his responsibilities for Arnie and his desire to be a free guy and be in a relationship with Becky. Becky passes through town and her and Gilbert are drawn to each other. Johnny Depp is really good at playing the part of Gilbert and Leonardo does amazing acting as a mentally disabled boy. Even down to the mannerisms and speech. To me the part at the end when they burn the house with 'Momma' inside is a way of giving them all freedom. I think their Mom and the house tied them down for so long. Very emotional film but memorable.

Peter Jacks What's Eating Gilbert Grape is for sure an underrated picture,Johnny Depp does a competent enough job but because of his choice of playing Grape as a numb individual could have made the movie a real snooze, but Depp's performance is actually a plus in the movie thanks to the show stealer performance from young Leonardo Dicaprio as Arnie a mentally challenged kid in the most believable, and in my opinion, best performance of his entire career. I've seen this movie after all the other Dicaprio's movies and if it wasn't for this I would not be able to believe that Dicaprio himself wasn't a mentally challenged kid because he brings so much to the table in this movie in such a simple way. I'm glad that he got an Oscar nod over this, because without that nod I probably wouldn't even know that this movie existed. The remaining characters are competent as well. Not the best movie ever made, not a masterpiece in my opinion, but a solid story that excels because of Leo's performance.