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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.

7.129 average rating
7.129
English / 115 MIN. / 1993

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Robert De NiroEllen BarkinLeonardo DiCaprioJonah BlechmanEliza DushkuChris CooperCarla GuginoZachary AnsleyTracey EllisKathy KinneyRobert ZameroskiTobey MaguireTristan TaitTravis MacDonaldRichard LissMichael BacallAdam SnellerGerrit GrahamThomas KopacheLee WilkofSean MurrayJason HorstDeanna MilliganMorgan BraytonRobert MunnsBill DowShawn MacdonaldFrank C. TurnerJohn R. TaylorStephen E. MillerDwight McFeeKen Camroux-TaylorRoss ChastonScott Woodmansee

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