DiCaprio's performance as the sympathetic Arnie drew lots of attention for DiCaprio, including Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. What's Eating Gilbert Grape can often feel like typical ...

Gilbert juggles his dead-end job at a grocery store, the weight of looking after his obese mother (Darlene Cates), and his mentally challenged younger brother Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio), whose ...

DiCaprio first rose to fame after playing Luke Brower in the early 1990s sitcom Growing Pains and Arnie Grape in the 1993 film What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Since then, he has starred in several ...