

“Life is a terrible thing to sleep through.”
Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.
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Screenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$11,000,000
Revenue
$10,000,000
Momma
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.