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Whats Eating Gilbert Grape ?

In the movie, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Endora, Iowa is home to the Grape family: mother Bonnie hasn't left her home in seven years, since the suicide of her husband; she has become morbidly obese and spends most of her time on the living room couch in front of the television; sister Ellen ; sister Amy; and mentally retarted Arnie Grape who, as the film opens, is preparing to celebrate his 18th birthday. Arnie is developmentally disabled.

Gilbert Grape is a young man that has been impeded by more burdens than any man ought to have in an entire lifetime. He stocks shelves and delivers groceries for a local store, Lamson's Grocery, whose business has been deserted by the new supermarket in town. The movie begins with the "yearly ritual" of Gilbert and Arnie watching the caravans that pass along the road. Gilbert's adversity seems to have started when his father hung himself seventeen years ago in their basement, which in turn drove his mother to......

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