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This Boy's Life

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This Boy's Life
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R,2hrs 0min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1993
Director:
Michael Caton-Jones
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio  ...more
Synopsis: A single mother and her difficult son find family life isn't necessarily all it's cracked up to be in this drama adapted from writer and professor Tobias Wolff's 1989 memoir of the same name. Nomadic, flaky Caroline (Ellen Barkin) just wants to settle down in one place, find a decent guy, and provide a better home for her handful of a son, Toby (Leonardo DiCaprio). When she moves to Seattle and meets the respectful, respectable Dwight Hansen (Robert DeNiro), she thinks she's got it made. Toby, however, ... Full Synopsis
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Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
The movie is successful largely because [DiCaprio] is a good enough actor to hold his own in his scenes with De Niro, so that the movie remains his story, and isn't upstaged by the loathsome but colorful Dwight. Full Review
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60
Mixed or Average Reviews
out of 100
Based on 16 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Robert De Niro
Dwight Hansen
Ellen Barkin
Caroline Wolff
Leonardo DiCaprio
Toby Wolff
Jonah Blechman
Arthur Gayle
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