Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.
- mentally disabled
- sibling relationship
- based on novel or book
- widow
- iowa
- dysfunctional family
- obesity
- single mother
- grocery store
- mentally handicapped child
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Darlene Cates — Momma
- Laura Harrington — Amy Grape
- Mary Kate Schellhardt — Ellen Grape
- Kevin Tighe — Mr. Carver
- John C. Reilly — Tucker Van Dyke
- Crispin Glover — Bobby McBurney
- Penelope Branning — Becky's Grandma
- Tim Green — Mr. Lamson
- Susan Loughran — Mrs. Lamson
- Robert B. Hedges — Minister
- Mark Jordan — Todd Carver
- Directed
- Lasse Hallström
- Written
- Peter Hedges
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 4,376 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
