This Boy's Life

This Boy's Life (1993)

Drama1 hour and 55 minutes
71%
User score

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.

Description

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.

Michael Caton-Jones
Director
Tobias Wolff
Novel
Robert Getchell
Screenplay

Actors

Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
Dwight Hansen
Ellen Barkin
Ellen Barkin
Caroline Wolff Hansen
Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio
Tobias Wolff
Chris Cooper
Chris Cooper
Roy
Eliza Dushku
Eliza Dushku
Pearl
Jonah Blechman
Jonah Blechman
Arthur Gayle
Kathy Kinney
Kathy Kinney
Marian
Gerrit Graham
Gerrit Graham
Mr. Howard
Carla Gugino
Carla Gugino
Norma
Zachary Ansley
Zachary Ansley
Skipper
Tobey Maguire
Tobey Maguire
Chuck Bolger
Tracey Ellis
Tracey Ellis
Kathy
Robert Zameroski
Robert Zameroski
Arch Cook
Travis MacDonald
Travis MacDonald
Psycho
Morgan Brayton
Morgan Brayton
Silver Sister #2
Frank C. Turner
Frank C. Turner
Truck Driver
Sean Murray
Sean Murray
Jimmy Voorhees
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

—

Revenue

$4,104,962

Keywords
jealousybased on novel or booksingle parentseattle, washingtoncar mechanicrelationship problemsbased on true storystepfatherfamily relationshipscoming of agealcoholicoppression1950strue story