Movie · 1993
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.”
Released 9 April 1993 115 min Drama More from 1993 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Robert De Niro
as Dwight
Chris Cooper
as Roy
Frank C. Turner
as Truck Driver
Ellen Barkin
as Caroline
Kathy Kinney
as Marian
Carla Gugino
as Norma
Zachary Ansley
as Skipper
Tristan Tait
as Jerry Huff
Leonardo DiCaprio
as Toby
Jonah Blechman
as Arthur Gayle
Tobey Maguire
as Chuck Bolger
Eliza Dushku
as Pearl
Tracey Ellis
as Kathy
Robert Zameroski
as Arch Cook
Travis MacDonald
as Psycho
Richard Liss
as A&P Manager
Jason Horst
as Oscar Brooker
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The numbers
37years between the oldest and youngest billed
49Robert De Niro — oldest on the call sheet
12Eliza Dushku — youngest billed
28average age of the credited cast