What's Eating Gilbert Grape Reviews

What's Eating Gilbert Grape Review
by Mark R. Leeper
Capsule review: WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE is a delicate story which combines pathos and humor and which manages to avoid cliche while saying something about unsung nobility. Johnny Depp plays the modern equivalent of a...more

What's Eating Gilbert Grape Review
by Jon A. Webb
WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE is a sensitive, honest portrayal of what would be called a "dysfunctional" family: grossly overweight mother, retarded son, two daughters trying to get past it all, and the older son, played by Johnny Depp, who is trying...more

What's Eating Gilbert Grape Review
by Scott Renshaw
Tone alone cannot sustain a film, but it can go a long way. If I can find myself lost in the time and place of a story, it scores immediate style points. When that tone is backed up by an outstanding story and great acting, the effect can be...more

What's Eating Gilbert Grape Review
by berardinelli,james
Starring: Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Darlene Cates Director: Lasse Hallstrom Producers: Meir Teper, Bertil Ohlsson, and David Matalon Screenplay: Peter Hedges from his novel Music: Alan Parker and...more