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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.

  • Movie
  • 1993
  • R
  • 1h 55m

Directed by Michael Caton-Jones

7.1

TMDB audience rating
7.1 out of 10 from 1,131 votes

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Overview

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 and crew

  • Robert De Niro

    Robert De NiroDwight

  • Ellen Barkin

    Ellen BarkinCaroline

  • Leonardo DiCaprio

    Leonardo DiCaprioToby

  • Jonah Blechman

    Jonah BlechmanArthur Gayle

  • Eliza Dushku

    Eliza DushkuPearl

  • Chris Cooper

    Chris CooperRoy

  • Carla Gugino

    Carla GuginoNorma

  • Zachary Ansley

    Zachary AnsleySkipper

  • Tracey EllisKathy

  • Kathy Kinney

    Kathy KinneyMarian

  • Robert ZameroskiArch Cook

  • Tobey Maguire

    Tobey MaguireChuck Bolger

  • Tristan Tait

    Tristan TaitJerry Huff

  • Travis MacDonald

    Travis MacDonaldPsycho

  • Richard LissA&P Manager

  • Michael Bacall

    Michael BacallTerry Taylor

  • Adam SnellerTerry Silver

  • Gerrit Graham

    Gerrit GrahamMr. Howard

Director
Michael Caton-Jones
Writer
Tobias Wolff and Robert Getchell
Music
Carter Burwell
Cinematography
David Watkin