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A Balasaur Score of 71 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 76%, Metacritic 60/100. Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 73% of the 1,952 1990s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes76%
Metacritic60/100
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
1,115 audience votes
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
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