This Boy's Life
1993 · 1h 55m · 7.1
Drama
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.
Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Blechman, Eliza Dushku, Chris Cooper, Carla Gugino, Zachary Ansley, Tracey Ellis, Kathy Kinney
jealousy, based on novel or book, single parent, seattle, washington, car mechanic, relationship problems, based on true story, stepfather, family relationships, alcoholic, oppression, 1950s, abusive stepfather, troubled youth, rural setting