This Boy's Life

1993

Action / Biography / Drama

101
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 80% · 37 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 62113 62.1K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Michael Caton-Jones Photo
Michael Caton-Jones

Top cast

Leonardo DiCaprio Photo
Leonardo DiCaprio as Toby
Robert De Niro Photo
Robert De Niro as Dwight
Thomas Kopache Photo
Thomas Kopache as Geiger Counter Vendor
Sean Murray Photo
Sean Murray as Jimmy Voorhees
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
751.64 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 55 min
Seeds 6
1.85 GB
1904*784
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 55 min
Seeds 32

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by AKS-6 6 / 10

Great acting

What is best about "This Boy's Life" is the acting. Don't get me wrong, though, the film in itself is also good; it's rather disturbing when you think about the fact that it is based upon a true story. But the actingÂ… 1993 must be Leonardo DiCaprio's best year as an actor yet, his portrayal of Toby in this film is very good, and he was absolutely sensational in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?". Robert De Niro is also very good in the film, he manages to bring forward the brutal side of his character while he also lets the audience know that Dwight is a very childish man. Ellen Barkin is also good. And it was fun to see Tobey Maguire in an early role as Toby's friend -- I didn't even now that he was supposed to be in the film until there he was! Good film with really impressive acting by the three leads. (6/10)
Reviewed by helpless_dancer 8 / 10

A true slice of life

This was an excellent tale of what some people's lives are really like. The acting was flawless, the story rang true, and the dialogue was some of the best ever. Barkin was perfect as the man crazy, brainless mother, and De Niro captured the role of a bullying, phoney drunk completely. Men do indeed act like this every day, and women allow them to. Don't miss this one.
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