This Boy's Life (1993)
"He looked like the ideal husband. He seemed like the perfect father. That's just what they needed. But that's not what they got."
Critics Score
🎬 68%
(RT: 76%, MC: 60) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Jonah Blechman as Arthur Gayle
Kathy Kinney as Marian
Is This Boy's Life good?
Most people think so. 73% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 68%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
