This Boy's Life
Visit website7.1/10 • 990
1993-04-09 • 1h 55m
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.
- Directors
- Michael Caton-Jones
- Editors
- Jim Clark
This Boy's Life
Visit website1993-04-09 • 1h 55m
7.1/10 • 990
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.
- Directors
- Michael Caton-Jones
- Editors
- Jim Clark
Top Billed Cast
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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
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
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- Revenue
- $4,104,962.00
- Keywords
- jealousybased on novel or booksingle parentseattle, washingtoncar mechanicrelationship problemsbased on true storystepfatherfamily relationshipscoming of agealcoholicoppression1950s