Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.
A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.
A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.