One of the controversies regarding the family is the application of the concept of social justice to the private sphere of family relations, in particular with regard to the rights of women and children.
I told you it was kind of a dark period, Depp continued. 'No, I will not give you a drag of my cigarette while you hide from your mother again, Leo.'. Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp attend the screening of 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape' in 1993. Depp played the title character and was 30 years old while making the film, based on Peter Hedges' book of the same name. DiCaprio, then 19, earned rave reviews for his role as disabled teen Arnie Grape.
The movie is about partly about Gilbert, but it also describes life in this town very well. Gilbert's family often has a big impact on the other people in this town, so it's natural that they would be the family that the movie is about. What's also really nice is that Gilbert isn't portrayed as a hero in this movie.