What's Eating Gilbert Grape

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