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.
This Boy's Life
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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.
- Directed by
- Michael Caton-Jones
- Written by
- Tobias Wolff, Robert Getchell
Cast
Robert De Niro
Dwight
Ellen Barkin
Caroline
Leonardo DiCaprio
Toby
Jonah Blechman
Arthur Gayle
Eliza Dushku
Pearl
Chris Cooper
Roy
Carla Gugino
Norma
Zachary Ansley
Skipper
Tracey Ellis
Kathy
Kathy Kinney
Marian
Robert Zameroski
Arch Cook
Tobey Maguire
Chuck Bolger
Tristan Tait
Jerry Huff
Travis MacDonald
Psycho
Richard Liss
A&P Manager
Michael Bacall
Terry Taylor
Details
- Released
- April 9, 1993
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Box office
- $4,104,962
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