MOVIE · 1993
This Boy's Life
Drama115 min
In 1950s Seattle, a divorced mother and her teenage son head west hoping for a better life, only to land in a home ruled by a man who is not what he first seems. Ellen Barkin is the mother, trying to keep that new start intact even as the marriage turns dangerous. Leonardo DiCaprio is her son, a bright, restless kid forced to navigate an increasingly hostile household. Robert De Niro’s outwardly polite stepfather shifts from steady provider to controlling threat, putting pressure on every corner of their lives as the boy starts looking for a way out.
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