Story Line
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.
“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.”
Top Cast
Robert De Niro
Dwight
Ellen Barkin
Caroline
Leonardo DiCaprio
Toby
Jonah Blechman
Arthur Gayle
Eliza Dushku
Pearl
Chris Cooper
Roy
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Rating
7.1/ 10
Release Date
1993-04-09
Runtime
1h 55m
Genres
Drama
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User Reviews (1)
r96sk
8/10
•8/19/2025<em>'This Boy’s Life'</em> manages to produce an impressive feat: making me hate Robert De Niro! His character here, that is. I've only seen the guy in likeable roles, <em>'Meet the Parents'</em> is as close as a portrayal has come to being unlikeabl...