🎬 Drama

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."

⭐ 7.1/10 1993 1h 55m Dir. Michael Caton-Jones

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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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7.1/10 1,091 votes

Quick facts

Year
1993
Runtime
1h 55m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.1/10
Votes
1,091
Genre
Drama
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎬 Michael Caton-Jones 👤 Robert De Niro 👤 Ellen Barkin 👤 Leonardo DiCaprio
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Questions about This Boy's Life

This Boy's Life has a runtime of 1h 55m (1 hour and 55 minutes).
This Boy's Life was directed by Michael Caton-Jones and released in 1993.
This Boy's Life is a Drama film (1993).
The cast of This Boy's Life includes Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Blechman, Eliza Dushku.
This Boy's Life has a TMDB rating of 7.1/10 based on 1,091 votes.

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