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What's Eating Gilbert Grape? | 1994 | PG-13 | - 3.2.4
Drama about a young man (Johnny Depp) who has to balance his own life with caring for his dysfunctional family. Juliette Lewis co-stars.
SEX/NUDITY 3 - A woman performs oral sex on a man -- off screen -- and sex is implied between another couple.
VIOLENCE/GORE 2 - Depp slugs and slaps his younger brother around. A house is burned to the ground with a woman left inside.
LANGUAGE 4 - The international hand gesture for the F-word is used. There are also a couple of scatological terms and anatomical references.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Divorce, suicide, death, adultery, obesity, mental illness.
MESSAGE - Having self-respect is more important than having the respect of others.
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