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This Boy's Life
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R (Restricted) :: Warner Home Video ::
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2003-05-13
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Rating:
4.5/5 (77 Reviews)
5/5
Warns Us of the Perils of Wedding Single Mothers...........
by Jabber (Talk of the Town Trailer Estates Park - Southern California)
In this film, Robert DeNiro plays an earnest widower who makes the terrible mistake of marrying a single mother and taking in her poorly behaved son. Providing a home and support for this aging woman when other men used her as an old tissue. Thank goodness I live with MOTHER!!
5/5
De Nerio Upstaged !!
by D. Scott (CO USA)
Dicaprio is short of geneious in his roll of Abused Son...De Nerio, one of my favorites ,is very good in his roll too, but is much upstaged by Dicaprio, who at a very young age, gave probably, besides Tiatnic, and Whats eating gilbert Grape, a very demanding and concvining performance ever. What was most amazing was how young Dicaprio appears at the beginging of the movie. I swear it looks like the Director filmed this movie with a Real couple of years in between, so we could watch Dicaprio gently age. De Nerio's role demands that he playes such a hatful bullying father that he fools you into actually totally disliking him, which I feel his role is meant to be portrayed, and portarayed well it is!...Barkin is also very good, playing the role of Abused Woman Syndrome. Dont know the actual term for that syndrome, but it is very real and a sad coment on our "societal Hush Hush". Barkin Glows when she gets that.."Hey were out of here" additude. As the story progresse, she comes accross more as a sister than a mother...But after the hardships she indures in her personal life,..she demands better for her son. Oh, and WOW, check out the pompador Hair due on Dicaprio. This movie based on actual events is very grippig and heart breaking, and very much so because it continues right now as you read this review...Highly Recemonded, wounderful movie.
4/5
Memorable, But Difficult To Watch
by Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)
This was a very haunting, sometimes very difficult story to watch unfold on screen. When it came out, I had never heard of Leonardo DiCaprio, but I wasn't alone as this was only his second or third time on screen. Anyway, he certainly gave a powerful performance and served notice he was going to be a "big name" actor.
Basically, it's about teenage kid and his mom trying to survive the mean father-husband of the family in a small town during the 1950s. Robert De Niro plays the dad and Ellen Barkin, the mom.
Leo plays "Tobias Wolffe;" De Niro, "Dwight Hansen" and Barkin, "Caroline Hansen." She had remarried Hansen after having "Toby" earlier, hence the surname "Wolffe."
What made this story tough for me was that, to be honest, neither father nor son were nice guys, although De Niro's character was far worse. The struggles - and that's putting it tactfully - between father and son were really nasty. Yet, as unpleasant at is, the story is memorable and it haunted me for several days, especially since it is "based" on a true story. How much of this was true, I can't say, but it is a dramatic story you will not dismiss.
5/5
Classic Leo DiCaprio
by Coeli C. Walker (Burlington, IA)
Love any movie with Leo! He is just an awesome actor and this movie is the start of his unbelievable acting career!
4/5
This Boy's life
by Terri (Crescent City, California United States)
This is a true story about Tobias Wolffe. He is a boy who's mother is raising him alone, and he spends most of his days with his buddies, and getting into trouble while she's at work. His mother doesn't know what else to do with him, so she marries a man, whom she feels would be a good example to him. This is when she decides to send poor Tobias to stay with her new boyfriend to see if he can straighten him out (prior to their marriage). He is very strict, and down right mean to Tobias, but is always nice his mother. Finally, when Tobias' mother gets married to this man, he becomes more violent, and controlling to them both. Tobias still skips school to hang out with his buddies, and gets into trouble. Now Tobias decides after a few years of being tortured by his step-father, with beatings, and mind controlling, that he wants to go to a boarding school college, and his step-father tries to dicourage him, because he's jealous that he might succeed in life, and not be controlled by him anymore. They get into a mondo arguement, and it all comes to a head in the end. I won't tell you the rest. You have to see it yourself. Just a fair warning, this movie is good, but has a lot of cursing, and a violent sex scene between Tobias' mother and step-father on their wedding night, not appropriate for children under 14.
This Boy's Life Summary
For Toby Wolff and his divorced mom Caroline, 1950s life wasn't all fun and games. These two free spirits and cross-country travelers settle in the Pacific Northwest, where life will be better. They hope.This Boy's Life, the Wolffs' true story, "is every boy's life," the Los Angeles Times' Kenneth Turan wrote. The dynamic teaming of Robert DeNiro (Analyze This, Meet the Parents), Ellen Barkin (The
For Toby Wolff And His Divorced Mom Caroline 1950s Life Wasn't All Fun And Games. These Two Free Spirits And Cross-country Travelers Settle In The Pacific Northwest Where Life Will Be Better. They Hope. This Boy's Life The Wolffs' True Story "is Every Boy's Life" The Los Angeles Times' Kenneth Turan Wrote. The Dynamic Teaming Of Robert Deniro (analyze This Meet The Parents) Ellen Barkin (the Big Easy Sea Of Love) And Leonardo Dicaprio (titanic Gangs Of New York) Sparks This Funny Touching Slice-of-life Drama That Pits Rebellious Teen Toby (dicaprio) Against His Tyrannical New Stepfather Dwight (deniro). Directed By Michael Caton-jones (memphis Belle City By The Sea) This Boy's Life Is One To Remember.running Time: 115 Min.system Requirements:running Time 115 Minformat: Dvd Movie Genre: drama Rating: r Upc: 085392461929
Robert De Niro gets top billing, but young Leonardo DiCaprio is the revelation of
This Boy's Life
, an astute, often painful drama of growing up in the 1950s Pacific Northwest, based on the autobiographical novel by Tobias Woolf. DiCaprio plays Tobias, a good kid with a bad boy streak but an unwavering love for his divorced mother (Ellen Barkin). "I want to be a better boy," he promises from under a greasy pompadour, and tries to prove it when she marries single father Dwight (DeNiro), a bully who parents through intimidation and humiliation. DiCaprio is magnetic in his first starring role, full of anger, hope, and confusion as he drifts back to juvenile delinquency, and his intensity gives the true story of survival and triumph its charge. DeNiro is frightening and pathetic as Dwight, and Dwight's youngest daughter is played by future star and vampire slayer Eliza Dushku.
--Sean Axmaker
This Boy's Life DVD Techincal Details
Cast:
Robert De Niro
,
Ellen Barkin
,
Jonah Blechman
,
Eliza Dushku
Director:
Michael Caton-Jones
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Rated:
R (Restricted)
Running Time:
115 mins
UPC:
085392461929
Binding:
DVD
Studio:
Warner Home Video
Release Date:
2003-05-13
Region Code:
1
Specs:
Closed-captioned, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language & Subtitles
English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed),
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