This Boy's Life

Name: This Boy's Life
Genre: Drama
Released: 1993-04-09
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 7.127
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Chris Cooper, Eliza Dushku

He looked like the ideal husband. He seemed like the perfect father. That's just what they needed. But that's not what they got.

Drama

This Boy's Life(1993)

He looked like the ideal husband. He seemed like the perfect father. That's just what they needed. But that's not what they got.

Drama

7.1/ 10 (1,059 votes)

1h 55m

1993-04-09

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Revenue: $4.1M

Overview

When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.

DirectorMichael Caton-Jones

NovelTobias Wolff

ScreenplayRobert Getchell

Cast

Robert De Niro

Dwight Hansen

Ellen Barkin

Caroline Wolff Hansen

Leonardo DiCaprio

Tobias Wolff

Chris Cooper

Roy

Eliza Dushku

Pearl

Jonah Blechman

Arthur Gayle

Kathy Kinney

Marian

Gerrit Graham

Mr. Howard

Carla Gugino

Norma

Zachary Ansley

Skipper

Tobey Maguire

Chuck Bolger

Tracey Ellis

Kathy

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Keywords

jealousybased on novel or booksingle parentseattle, washingtoncar mechanicrelationship problemsbased on true storystepfatherfamily relationshipsalcoholicoppression1950sabusive stepfathertroubled youthrural setting