A film based on Tobias Wolff's much-praised autobiography about his troubled youth. Caroline Wolff, divorced and with no job prospects, takes her son Toby on an aimless journey across 1950s America. They stop for a while in several towns, where Caroline gets involved with different men, but they always end up back on the road, .. Read more
| Starring | Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Blechman |
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| Director | Michael Caton-Jones |
| Genres | Drama |
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Must See
I'm not really a DiCaprio fan but his part in This boys life is excellent. He plays a teenage boy being moved around by his mother.
I found this ... read more »
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A must for fans of Di Caprio and / or De Niro
Had heard the acting from De Niro and Di Capprio was very good - its true - it really is an excllent drama. De Niro is outstanding and Di Capprio is highly ... read more »
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incredible di caprio
after sitting through titanic and admittedly enjoying it i thought i'd look up some other films starring the wonder boy. i recently saw an interview with ... read more »
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Stormy Childhood's
The film sees Leonardo De Caprio in his first major role. He plays a teenage child who is dragged-along from one town to another by his mum. Robert De Niro'... read more »
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Brilliant
This is a brilliant movie. The acting is great especially from young Leonardo DiCaprio. The book is also very good and the movie sticks pretty closely to it. ... read more »
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Superb
That's what it's called acting. Leonardo is amazing in this film, a great actor and De Niro is brilliant too.
I loved the film ,every minute ... read more »
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This Boy's Life
This is a gem. Leonardo Di Caprio is never less than charismatic, but in this, his movie breakthrough (age 17?) we are treated to a taste of things to come. Di ... read more »
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Superb performance
a fantastic movie. a bit depressing plot: things go from bad to worse pretty much all the time. the performance though, of young Leonardo especially, is ... read more »
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entertaining
easy to watch and to follow story
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