Monster Essays - Movie: What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Movie: What's Eating Gilbert Grape
"What's Eating Gilbert Grape", as directed by Lasse Hallstrom, is a
comedy, drama, romance, all wrapped up into one grand movie. Leonardo DiCaprio
plays a mentally impaired boy with a caring brother, who always took care of his
brother until the love of his life came to town, proposing the essential
question: What is a boy willing to sacrifice in order to be with the one he
loves?
Johnny Deep plays Gilbert Grape whose father left when he was little,
causing his mother to become depressed and never leave the house again. Gilbert
referees to her as a “beached whale” because she has gained so much w....
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