What's Eating Gilbert Grape

“Life is a terrible thing to sleep through.”

In Endora, Iowa, a town small enough that the grocery store is the main event, Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) keeps his family running: a mother who no longer leaves the house, two sisters, and his brother Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio), who needs watching every hour. Lasse Hallström follows Gilbert through his days at the store, and then Becky (Juliette Lewis) arrives. Whatever she offers him, he is the one holding the family together.