Review of What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) by Steve Persall for Tampa Bay Times — 22 Jan 2010
Depp is subtly winning as a man-child oblivious to his own pent-up rage. But the performance that will take your breath away is DiCaprio's. A lot of actors have taken flashy stabs at playing retarded characters and no one, old or young, has ever done it better.
He's exasperatingly, heartbreakingly real. This 19-year-old, who shone earlier this year in "This Boy's Life," seems to have a bottomless talent.
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This review of What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) was written by Steve Persall and published by Tampa Bay Times on 22 Jan 2010.
What's Eating Gilbert Grape has generally received very positive reviews.
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