This Boy's Life
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.
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.
- 7.1
- 1993
- Released
- 1h 55m
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
Robert Zameroski
Arch Cook
Travis MacDonald
Psycho
Morgan Brayton
Silver Sister #2
Frank C. Turner
Truck Driver
Sean Murray
Jimmy Voorhees
Released
en
$4,104,962.00
- #jealousy
- #based on novel or book
- #single parent
- #seattle, washington
- #car mechanic
- #relationship problems
- #based on true story
- #stepfather
- #family relationships
- #alcoholic
- #oppression
- #1950s
- #abusive stepfather
- #troubled youth
- #rural setting
Reviews
<em>'This Boy’s Life'</em> manages to produce an impressive feat: making me hate Robert De Niro! His character here, that is. I've only seen the guy in likeable roles, <em>'Meet the Parents'</em> is as close as a portrayal has come to being unlikeable. Dwight, in this, is despicable! All the aforementioned is simply a plus point for the film, though. It's obviously not overly difficult to make