"What's eating Gilbert Grape is an entertaining film that teaches the audience about life." Discuss. Gilbert is a confused, naïve, but good-hearted young man who is doing his best at being the "Man of the House" in a family where there is no father, his younger brother is mentally impaired and his mother is dangerously obese. Both Gilberts sisters are faced with the responsibility of the families' survival, as is Gilbert. …showed first 75 words of 790 total…

…showed last 75 words of 790 total…flashy Hollywood family but rather a simple, modest family. What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a film on the life of a young man trying desperately to escape a prison whose bars have been created out of fate and responsibility. The fresh face of Becky in Gilbert's life gives him a new outlook and life and he finally sees the bigger picture of his life. Good night to you but not to me."-- Arnie Grape