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This Boy's Life (1993)
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.
115 minDrama
TMDb7.1/101,099 votes
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.
Country: United States
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
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
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Tracey Ellis
Kathy
Kathy Kinney
Marian
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Robert Zameroski
Arch Cook
Tobey Maguire
Chuck Bolger
Tristan Tait
Jerry Huff
Travis MacDonald
Psycho
Keywords
Plot:jealousybased on novel or booksingle parentcar mechanicrelationship problemsbased on true storystepfatherfamily relationshipsalcoholicoppressionabusive stepfathertroubled youthrural setting
Time:1950s
Place:seattle, washington
