What's Eating Gilbert Grape
First screening date unrecorded / Most recently screened in October 2011
Director: Lasse Hallström. Cast: Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Darlene Cates, Laura Harrington, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Mary Steenburgen, Kevin Tighe, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover, Penelope Branning. Screenplay: Peter Hedges (based on his novel).

 Twitter Capsule: Hallström in Hollywood has rarely gone well, but Grape really clicks. Precise mood, warm underplaying.

VOR: ④  So unostentatious but look what it manages: pitch-perfect translation of tricky book, warm view of Midwest without going gooey, career peaks for Depp and DiCaprio, US through Nykvist eyes.


Photo © 1993 Paramount Pictures

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B+

Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
Best Supporting Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio

Golden Globe Nominations and Winners:
Best Supporting Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio

Other Awards:
Los Angeles Film Critics Association: New Generation Award (DiCaprio; also cited for This Boy's Life)
National Board of Review: Best Supporting Actor (DiCaprio)
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