What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

Plot:

Living in Endora is like dancing to no music. Gilbert Grape should know. Aside from a secret affair with a housewife, Gilbert spends his days stocking shelves at a grocery store, caring for his mentally handicapped brother, and holding together a large family headed by Mama, a former beauty queen whose weight tops 500 pounds.

Director:Lasse Hallstrom

Starring:Crispin Glover, Darlene Cates, John C. Reilly, Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mary Steenburgen

PG-13, 1993, Paramount Pictures

What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

1. Teen rescues brother from dangerous situation

2. Young man disrespects overweight mother

3. Family conversation turns into shouting match

4. Obese woman falls asleep in front of TV

5. Older brother protects bullied younger brother

6. Beauty doesn't last...actions do

7. Girl awed by vastness of sky

8. "Sorry isn't good enough.. You gotta do better"

9. Obese mother endures humiliation to rescue son

10. Teen loses temper, hits disabled brother

11. Son describes pain of father's suicide

12. Brothers reconcile after painful fight

13. Obese mother apologizes for children's pain

14. Disabled boy finds mother dead