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The film What’s Eating Gilbert Grape directed by Lasse Hallstrom reflects social context through family relationships and how these relationships have rules and expectations, which influence the behaviour of the characters. ...
The social context reflected in the film begins with the Grape family. ... The narrowness of their lives begins with Gilbert and Arnie’s yearly ritual as they wait for the Air stream trailer club to pass by. While they are waiting the camera angle is directed down on Gilbert emphasising the point that Gilbert is down, he feels he stuck and as Arnie describes him “Shrinking, shrinking, shrinking.” When Gilbert describes his family he describes his brother Larry as “the one that got away”. This gives the audience a clear impression that Gilbert envy’s his brother for escaping Endora while he had the chance. Amy is the oldest sister who acts as the mother figure, Gilbert acts as the father figure keeping up the repairs and he is the patient one who takes care of Arnie. ...
The Grape’s meals emphasise not just the discord between the family members, but the way the director uses the camera to highlight this lack of harmony. ... Betty and Gilbert are having an affair and this contributes to the failure of their marriage.
Approximate Word count = 1006
Approximate Pages = 4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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