We have seen that people can refer to their relatives as 'the family.' 'All the family turned up for the funeral.... But of course, my brother didn't bring his family along-they're much too young.' Here the reference is to the offspring (as distinct from 'all' the family). The neighbors were very good, too.
What's Eating Gilbert Grape. What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a 1993 American drama film directed by Lasse HallstrÃ¶m and starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Darlene Cates and Leonardo DiCaprio. The film follows 24-year-old Gilbert (Depp), a grocery store clerk caring for his morbidly obese mother and mentally impaired younger brother in a sleepy Midwestern town.
'I'm a rubbish Australian': MasterChef's John Torode goes back to his roots. Gerard Gilbert meets the chef and TV presenter to discuss his first big solo project, a new series for Good Food Channel called John Torode's Australia.orode's mother died when he was four, and he doesn't remember her (One of those things, he says). The middle of three brothers, he was raised until the age of 10 by his maternal grandmother, Nanna, who taught him to cook.