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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.

1993 · R · 1h 55m

Directed by Michael Caton-Jones

7.1

TMDB audience score
1,131 votes, out of 10

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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.

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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

  • Adam Sneller
    Terry Silver

  • Gerrit Graham
    Mr. Howard