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Whats Eating Gilbert Grape
1993
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4.5
Its obvious right away that hes falling in love, he just doesnt know it yet: hes half blinded by years of sloughing off his desires like an old coat.
Austin Chronicle
3.0
Nykvists shots are gorgeous to behold; sometimes you just wish the actors would get out of the way and let the sunset speak for itself.
Austin Chronicle
5.0
When Gilbert brings Becky to meet Momma, we sense a tension and an excitement that is breaking the pattern of years.One of the movies best qualities i ..
Rogerebert
4.0
This film is set in the small town of Endora, Iowa.Gilbert (Johnny Depp), the hero and narrator of this story, is a burnt out altruist who spends most ..
Spirituality And Practice
3.5
Even if you have a taste as I do for movies about dysfunctional families, you may be a little put off by the Grapes in this 1993 adaptation by Peter H ..
Chicago Reader
3.8
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Emanuellevy
4.4
A lot of the beats are a bit too familiar from previous entries in the series, which isnt surprising given that this is the fifth film to play off the ..
Q Network
0.0
Yet, like its poker faced hero, the movie stares a little too much.
Ew
0.0
And Leonardo DiCaprio, the vibrant young star of This Boys Life, gives an audacious and technically amazing performance as Arnie, the retarded 17 year ..
Ew
4.0
Parents need to know that Whats Eating Gilbert Grape is a 1993 coming of age movie in which a young man, Gilbert (Johnny Depp), tries to carve out a l ..
Common Sense Media
3.0
In movies, misfits are sacred.The emotionally or mentally disturbed are usually portrayed not as human beings working harder than most to get through ..
Time
1.0
Not only are the gags unfunny, but they throw the films emotional tone so out of whack that it hardly makes any sense.
Washington Post
3.5
Director Lasse Halstrom and cinematographer Sven Nykvist do their best to disguise the predictability with their own grace notes. But all the music in ..
Washington Post
3.1
Unsentimental, non glamorized, and unclouded by the usual overlay of rose colored nostalgia, this is a raw but rewarding motion picture.
ReelViews
3.8
And although the filmmakers reliance on languid pacing results in a watchable yet thoroughly uneven atmosphere, the palpable chemistry between the cen ..
Reel Film
3.5
There is a warmth and wit and insightfulness here that brings the film significantly up a few notches from the usual fare on this subject, and the per ..
Deseret News
3.8
Gilbert is encumbered by more burdens than any young man ought to have.
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