This Boy's Life

Name: This Boy's Life
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Genre: Drama
Released: 1993-04-09
Duration: 1 h 55 min
Rating: 7.134
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Blechman, Eliza Dushku

“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

1h 55m

Drama

Director: Michael Caton-Jones

Writer: Robert Getchell

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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.