This Boy's Life
1993 · Movie · 1h 55m · R
Drama
"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."
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes
76%
Metacritic
60/100
Key crew
- Michael Caton-JonesDirector
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
- Robert GetchellScreenplay
Cast
- Robert De NiroDwight
- Ellen BarkinCaroline
- Leonardo DiCaprioToby
- Jonah BlechmanArthur Gayle
- Eliza DushkuPearl
- Chris CooperRoy
- Carla GuginoNorma
- Zachary AnsleySkipper
- Tracey EllisKathy
- Kathy KinneyMarian
- Robert ZameroskiArch Cook
- Tobey MaguireChuck Bolger
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Themes
jealousybased on novel or booksingle parentseattle, washingtoncar mechanicrelationship problemsbased on true storystepfatherfamily relationshipsalcoholicoppression1950s