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.”
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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Cast
34 people
Robert De Niro
Dwight
Known for
Joker
GoodFellas
Ellen Barkin
Caroline
Known for
Animal Kingdom
Ocean's Thirteen
Leonardo DiCaprio
Toby
Known for
Inception
Titanic
Jonah Blechman
Arthur Gayle
Known for
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!
Swan Song
Eliza Dushku
Pearl
Known for
Wrong Turn
Bring It On
Chris Cooper
Roy
Known for
The Bourne Identity
11.22.63
Carla Gugino
Norma
Known for
Night at the Museum
The Haunting of Hill House
Zachary Ansley
Skipper
Known for
The Journey of Natty Gann
Tracey Ellis
Kathy
Known for
The Last of the Mohicans
The Crow: City of Angels
Kathy Kinney
Marian
Known for
The Drew Carey Show
Arachnophobia
Robert Zameroski
Arch Cook
Also in
Vanished Without a Trace
Bartender
Tobey Maguire
Chuck Bolger
Known for
Spider-Man
The Great Gatsby
Michael Caton-Jones Director · Robert Getchell Screenplay Tobias Wolff Author
Worldwide gross $4.1M · United States release April 9, 1993 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$4,104,962
Production
Knickerbocker Films
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
United States · April 9, 1993
Limited theatrical
United States
April 23, 1993 · Theatrical
Brazil
August 21, 2017 · Physical · DVD Premiere
France
June 22, 1994 · Theatrical
Germany
November 11, 1993 · Theatrical
Indonesia
August 1, 2026 · Digital · KlikFilm
Italy
September 1, 1993 · Theatrical
South Korea
May 18, 1996 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 3, 1993 · Theatrical
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